By Akeem Oduyoye
A couple, Dayyabu Abdullahi and Hafizu Salisu, are currently cooling-off in one of the cells of the Kano State Police Command for allegedly killing one Nafiu Hafiz, who owed them a sum of N10 million.
Hafiz had promised to pay the money within ten months, which elapsed in October. He (Hafiz) reportedly pleaded for an extension till December, which he again failed to keep to.
Speaking with The PUNCH on Friday, a friend of the deceased, Fatima Gambo, said when Hafiz couldn’t pay the couple back, he begged them for further extension, adding that the company he was executing a project for had not reimbursed him because the CEO had just celebrated two of his daughters’ wedding.
“In the last attempt, on Wednesday that he went to solicit for further extension of his debt repayment, the wife of the man he owed allegedly stabbed him, but they kept his corpse in their house and at night called his father that their son went to the hospital for the surgery, then he died.\
“Although the deceased has been a little sick and had confirmed been alright, which convinced the parents that they could be telling the truth.
“So the father and his brothers left Bauchi State around 12 am and arrived in Kano at about 4 am. They went straight to their house to pick up the remains of his son for burial, only to discover that the body was still dripping blood. That raised suspicion even after the couple claimed that they had invited an Imam to bathe and robe him for Islamic burial rites.
So, one of the brothers who accompanied the father, Hafizu Salisu, contacted the police and briefed them on the development,” she added.
Source: The Punch online