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A Nigerian man, 25-year-old Abubakar Mohammed Baba, has been arrested for allegedly conspiring with a friend to kill his father, Alhaji Mohammed Baba, 52.
Niger state police released a statement saying that Abubakar Mohammed Baba had confessed to the crime while in custody. They also added he named an accomplice, Aliyu Mohammed, who is currently on the run.
Abubakar Mohammed Baba told police that his father's body was dismembered and dumped in a sack by the Tagwa Dam. He also said he paid Mohammed a total of 110,000 naira ($266.31) to kill his father.
According to a report by the Nigerian Tribune, his father was attacked and stabbed to death at his home in Koropan, Paikoro, on October 13, 2021.
Abubakar Mohammed Baba confessed to authorities that he committed the act in order to inherit his father's properties more quickly.
Spokesperson DSP Wasiu Abiodun released a statement on January 6 confirming the arrest.
The statement read: "The suspect was arrested for criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide of his father, Alhaji Mohammed Buba aged 52 yrs (deceased).
"During interrogation, the suspect confessed to have conspired with one Aliyu Mohammed aged 26yrs of Chanchaga presently at large and killed the deceased. He later led Police operatives to Tagwai-Dam where the body of the deceased was dumped after being severed and packed in a sack.
"He confessed further to have contracted the said Aliyu for a sum of one hundred and ten thousand naira in which he paid a deposit of fifty thousand naira and later paid the balance of sixty thousand naira after selling some of the deceased's properties to raise the balance.
"He claimed to have committed the act in order to quickly inherit the father's properties. Effort is ongoing to arrest the fleeing Aliyu Mohammed while case is under investigation at SCID Minna and suspect will be arraigned in court for prosecution immediately after investigation."
Newsweek has contacted the Niger State Police Department for comment.
Nigerian police encountered a similar incident in late 2021. A man was arrested for allegedly killing his wife in order to inherit her property, as well as her money and business.
Frank Mba, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force, released a statement December 15, 2021, regarding a man identified as Emeh Kalu, from Nguzu Edda village being arrested.
The deceased woman, Nneka Kalu, was initially reported missing initially and later found dead on a farm.
Mba said Kalu had lured his wife to a road junction for her to be abducted by five men who he had paid to kill her.
Authorities said that the criminals strangled the woman to death after they obtained information about document whereabouts and relevant papers of her possessions.
A police spokesperson said: "Investigations into the death of the victim follow a complaint received from the people of Ngugworo community, Ebonyi State, a border town to Abia State where the victim resided, when the decomposing body of the late Mrs Kalu was discovered in their community.
"The discrete investigations carried out by the police team led to the arrest of four suspects."
Police have said the investigation is ongoing to apprehend Kalu's other accomplices.
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