The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC )Nasarawa State Command has arrested a wheelbarrow pusher, Alfa Ali, for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Hayyatu Ibrahim, to death as a result of unsettled business negotiations.
Ali, who works at the Angwan Maina Park in the Lafia Local Government Area, was said to have had a heated argument with his colleague two days before he stabbed over who would carry some goods brought to Lafia from Jos, Plateau State.
Spokesperson of the command, ASC Muhammed Suraju, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 15, 2025 while parading a total of five suspects who were recently arrested for committing various crimes in the state.
“On April 10, 2025, at about 2:00 pm, our men on patrol within the Lafia metropolis apprehended one Alfa Ali, age 20, who allegedly stabbed his colleague, Hayyatu Ibrahim, to death with a horn. He was about taking to his hill when he was arrested,” the statement read.
“When Hayyatu was rushed to the Federal University Teaching Hospital, Lafia, he was confirmed dead.
“The suspect, Alfa Ali and the deceased, Hayyatu Ibrahim, according to our investigation, all hailed from Jigawa State, and they are wheelbarrow pushers
“They had a misunderstanding two (2) days before the day of the incident on who should pick the goods brought by a vehicle from Jos at Angwan Maina Park here in Lafia to a particular destination.
“The case lingered in Alfa Ali’s unforgiven heart until he finally achieved his nefarious aim by sending the deceased, Hayyatu Ibrahim to his early grave.”
He noted that Ali has confessed to the crime of killing his colleague, adding that the state’s Deputy NSCDC spokesperson said the Commandant, Muhammed Kabir Ingawa, had directed that upon the conclusion of an investigation into the matter, the suspect should be charged to court for trial.
ASC Suraju, therefore, used the opportunity to warn residents of the state to be wary of the kind of friends, neighbours and colleagues they keep close to themselves in order not to be killed prematurely or get involved in any form of danger.
