MURDERED JOURNALIST: Nephew among 3 suspected killers of VON reporter, Danjibga, arrested by Zamfara Police

By IBRAHIM KANOMA, Gusau

The Zamfara State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspected killers of late reporter of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Hamisu Haruna Danjibga, alongside suspect who bought some properties carted away after his merciless murder.

The suspects, according to the police, were Mansur Haruna who happens to be a nephew to the deceased and his partner in crime, Ibrahim Nababa and the buyer of the stolen property of the deceased and all of whom confessed to the brutal killing of Danjibga.

Parading the suspects, Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Shehu Dalijan, said on receiving the report about the killing of the innocent Journalist, Hamisu Danjibga, Police had swung into action which the suspects were arrested.

CP Dalijan, said the primary suspect, Mansur Haruna who happens to be a nephew to the deceased, has narrated to the Police how they struggled with Danjibga as they wanted to kidnap him, and all that transpired that led to their final decision of killing him.

In an interview, Mansur Haruna, confessed that, his uncle, Danjibga had drove him away from his house for noticing a bad behavior of theft in him, adding that, “Before he drove me out of his house, I contacted him twice seeking him to stand as grantor for me to join the Nigerian Army and later Police, but he all refused due to my devilish habit”, he stated.

“I stayed in my partner’s room after been drove away by the deceased, there, we mapped out plans on how we would kidnap him and subsequently request for reasonable money as ransom that could be enough for me to start business, but my deceased uncle started dragging with us to the extent he made us annoyed, we finally decided to kill him so that there would be no trace his killers”, Mansur has revealed.