Police arrest 6 suspect, over culpable homicide

The Kaduna State Police Command, on Thursday said they had arrested six suspects in connection with the alleged killing of a 22-year- old man, Aliyu Yusuf.

The command's spokesman, DSP Zubairu Abubakar, who disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the suspects were arrested during a massive raid.

According to him, investigation reveals that the deceased was stabbed to death by unknown persons on Jan. 22 at about 1 pm close to Kaduna Capital School in Malali area of Kaduna.

Abubakar said that investigation was ongoing and vowed that any person found to be part of the killing would be brought to book.

"The command will not sit down and allow some miscreants to cause havoc in the society; the clampdown on miscreants will continue until crime reduces to zero level in the state,’’ he said.

He appealed to the general public to be law abiding, and support the police and other security agencies in the discharge of their duties.