Sanusi Bawa Raawayau, an Assistant Superintendent of Corps II a Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), personnel. Katsina State Command was brutally murdered by his friend and coursemate, Laminu Saminu.

We reported that the 29-year-old school teacher and 400-level student of the Federal College of Education, FCE, Katsina, was arrested by the police 10 days after allegedly killing Bawa because he wanted his car.



Saminu confessed to the crime and said that he had killed his friend after he served him local cow milk called 'Fura da Nono', which was mixed with rat poison.

SP Gambo Isah, a spokesman for the Police Command Headquarters, said that the suspect had lured the victim into an unoccupied building in Mani Local Government Area. He then convinced him to park his car in a garage and then served him a poisoned Fura da Nono meal as a result of which the deceased became unconscious.

Consequently, the suspect got heavy firewood, hit the victim severally on the head until he died, threw the corpse inside a well in the house, and covered it with sand, with the intent of robbing the deceased of his motor vehicle.

His arrest, according to the police image maker, was possible as, in the course of the investigation, the suspect called the wife of the deceased through the phone, saying that he needs the vehicle’s documents.

The suspect pleaded for mercy saying he knows the gravity of the offense is beyond pardon.

Items recovered from the suspect include a packet of rat poison, heavy firewood, and the vehicle belonging to the deceased, among others.