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23-year-old herdsman identified as Umar Muhammad has been arrested by the
police in Kebbi state for allegedly beheading his friend, 22-year-old Mustapha
Suleiman, in a dispute over a missing cow.
According to reports, the deceased had invited his friend to help
him tend to some cows given to him to manage by a relative. He planned to tend
to the goats the same relative had given to him.
Last week Thursday, Suleiman discovered that Umar had sold one of
the cows he left in his care. An argument ensued and Suleiman threatened
to report Umar to the owner as this was not the first time he would be carrying
out such an act.
Umar was angry that his friend threatened to report him and he
trailed him to an uncompleted building along Kalgo road where they usually
relaxed and attacked him with an axe last Friday, September 22nd. He beheaded
his friend and then buried the head. He left the place and returned home.
When
he was asked where Suleiman was, he said he did not know. Suleiman's family
members began to search for him and discovered his decomposing body in the
uncompleted building. They alerted the police who apprehended Umar. After much
prodding, Umar confessed to killing his friend. He later led the police and
others to the place where he buried the head of the deceased.
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