Police in Lagos have arrested a 21-year-old man, Bashiru Ahmed, over the death of Oshin Aderibigbe, a spokesman of the Joint Campus Committee of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).
Lagos police spokesman, Bala Elkana, in a statement on Sunday, said the NANS spokesman was attacked by three hoodlums who also dispossessed him of some valuables.
Mr Elkana said: “On April 26 at about 11.30 a.m., Aderibigbe reported at Okokomaiko Police Station with blood gushing out of his body and stated that he was attacked by three young men, who stabbed him with a knife, dispossessed him of his handset and laptop.
“He was rushed to the hospital but he died eventually. The leader of the hoodlums that attacked him, Bashiru Ahmed a.k.a Kawu (21) of Okoko was arrested.
“He confessed to have committed the crime along with two of his friends who are now at large.
“The said Bashiru Ahmed, who is the son of a popular traditional ruler in Okoko, is a notorious criminal, who was charged to court on several occasions by the police for sundry offences.
“He returned from prison six months ago and has been on the watch list of the police.”
The victim was a fresh graduate of Federal College of Fisheries and Marine Technology, Lagos.
Elkana said the state police commissioner, Zubairu Muazu, had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti for discreet investigation.
Also, the spokesman said a 42-year-old man, Sunday Isaiah, had been arrested for allegedly stabbing another man, Bukola Oluwaseun, to death during a fight at a bar.
He also said six suspects were arrested by the police after a raid at Alaba Rago market where Indian hemp is traded openly.
