Employee murders boss, units physique on fireplace after which dumps it inside a nicely in Nasarawa

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By Linda Ikeji
6 November 2026, 3:00 pm

The police in Nasarawa State have arrested two suspects, Yusuf Musa, 23, and Victor Zamani, 32, in reference to the grotesque homicide of a 50-year-old man, recognized as Jude Thaddeus, popularly referred to as Musa, whose decomposed stays had been recovered from a dry nicely inside his residence at Aku Village, Base 5, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

According to a press release from the command, on November 3, one Jennifer Alain, aged 46, of Mpape, Abuja, reported at Aso Pada Division that her elder brother, Jude Thaddeus, had been unreachable. She defined that regardless of a number of makes an attempt to contact him via his phone quantity, an unidentified particular person persistently answered the calls, elevating issues about his whereabouts.

Upon receipt of the grievance, detectives hooked up to the Division instantly commenced an investigation, which led to the arrest of Yusuf

Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect was allegedly engaged by the deceased about three months earlier to take care of his home animals and had subsequently been launched to neighbours and different members of the neighborhood. Further findings established that the deceased had reportedly been lacking since twenty second October 2026, whereas the suspect allegedly took possession of his cell phone and continued to deceive callers by claiming that his supposed father had travelled to England.

Investigations additional revealed that the suspect had allegedly been disposing of the deceased’s private belongings, home animals and different properties underneath suspicious circumstances. The suspect additionally reportedly confessed to having offered some heavy metals and industrial engines belonging to the deceased for the sum of N3,400,000.

During interrogation, Yusuf Musa allegedly confessed to his involvement within the homicide and disclosed that the sufferer’s physique had been dumped in a dry nicely inside his residence.

Acting on the data offered, a crew of detectives, in collaboration with environmental providers personnel, visited the scene, the place the decomposed stays of the sufferer had been efficiently exhumed from the dry nicely. Preliminary findings indicated that the sufferer was allegedly killed inside his residence, after which his physique was dumped within the nicely and set ablaze. The suspects reportedly used a number of blocks to seal and conceal the nicely in an obvious try and cowl up the crime and evade detection.

The decomposed stays had been subsequently evacuated to the Medical Centre, Mararaba, the place a medical physician examined and licensed the sufferer useless.

The police acknowledged that in the middle of the investigation, one other suspect and two receivers of the stolen objects had been recognized and arrested in reference to the alleged crime.

The investigation has additional established the involvement of a 3rd suspect, who’s at present at massive. Efforts have been intensified to trace down and apprehend the fleeing suspect and produce all individuals linked with the crime to justice.

The state Commissioner of Police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohamed, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Lafia, for a complete investigation and diligent prosecution of all individuals discovered culpable.