The Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has revealed that the killers of Captain Abdulkarim Na’Allah, son of Senator Bala Ibn Na’Allah, used a rope to strangle him.
Though the police had earlier issued a statement that the deceased was “choked in cold blood,” the state government, in a statement on Monday, pointed out that further investigations showed the pilot was strangled to death, in what appears to be a “case of culpable homicide.”
The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, said Abdulkarim’s killers could have been armed robbers, not bandits as early suspected.
The Kaduna government predicted its assumption on the fact that the assailants, after breaking into Abdulkarim’s house in the Malali GRA, killed him and made away with his car and other valuables.
“In what appears to be a case of culpable homicide, the deceased was found in a bedroom in his residence in Malali, Kaduna North LGA, apparently after having been strangled with a rope,” the statement said.
“A vehicle was stolen from his parking lot by the assailants. Other valuable properties were also stolen and that could be the handiwork of armed robbers. We will be pursuing the robbery angle as well.
“The Kaduna State Governor, His Excellency, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has ordered security agencies to conduct vigorous investigations into the murder and apprehend the perpetrators,” it added.
