The police authorities in Gombe State have arrested a 19-year-old casual staff, Shuaibu Adamu, for allegedly killing a worker at the Government House.
Confirming the arrest in a press statement on Saturday, the spokesman for the Gombe State Police Command, Buhari Abdullahi, said police received a distress call on Friday reporting a suspected culpable homicide within the Government House premises.
“The report stated that a male adult, Mallam Umar, a borehole operator, was found lying motionless within the premises. Preliminary findings showed his trousers were tied around his neck, while a local intoxicant, popularly called rubber solution, was found in his mouth,” the Command’s spokesman said.
“He was rushed to the Specialist Hospital, Gombe, where a doctor certified him dead. His body was deposited at the mortuary for autopsy,” he said.