Naval man in police net for killing ex-Naval Chief’s son in fct

One Mr Abdulrasheed Muhammad, who is an operative of the Nigerian Navy has been arrested by the Fct police for the alleged murder of Aminu, the son of a former Chief of Naval Staff, the late Vice Admiral I.

The FCT, commissioner of police, CP Bennett Igweh, who paraded the suspect in Abuja, August 28, 2024, said Muhammad killed Aminu and stole his car two weeks ago.

Igweh, however, said that the deceased’s stolen car had been recovered, and the suspect ws assisting the police with further investigation.

CP Igweh said: “About two weeks ago, Aminu Ibrahim, the son of the late Vice Admiral I.

“I want to inform you that Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, a serving Nigerian Navy operative, committed the murder.

“He has confessed to the crime, and we have recovered the Prado Jeep,” the police boss said.

In a chat with Newsmen ,Muhammad said he was a Seaman in the Navy and deployed in the former Chief of Naval Staff’s residence.

Muhammad said; “I worked at the house. He wanted to go out at night, around 11:30pm. He said he needed security. So, I followed him with my gun.

“Along the way, he stopped to check his ATM, as if he was going to buy something. I thought, maybe I was going to escort him to a market or somewhere. Then, when I came out through the other door, I shot him, took the car, and left.

“I’m a guard and a Seaman in the Navy. He did not do anything to me. I killed him to steal his car,” he said.

Also SP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the FCT police command, said on August 23, 2024 while on a routine stop-and-search operation, Police operatives from the command accosted the suspect in a black colored Prado SUV.

Adeh said that during questioning, the suspect could not give a satisfactory explanation as to how he came about the vehicle.

Accordingly, the police operatives took him into custody, and preliminary investigation showed that the suspect was a Seaman with the Nigerian Navy on guard duty at the residence of a Retired Naval officer.

The spokesperson of the FCT police command said the vehicle belonged to late Aminu Ibrahim, the son of the late Admiral I. Ibrahim, former Chief of Naval Staff.

“Muhammad confessed to killing Aminu and taking the Prado SUV with him on August 18, 2024 at River Benue Street Maitama,” Adeh said.