The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a wheelbarrow pusher, Alfa Ali, in the Lafia Local Government Area of the state for allegedly stabbing his colleague, Hayyatu Ibrahim, to death as a result of unsettled business negotiations.

Ali, a 20-year-old man who works at the Angwan Maina Park in the LGA, was said to have had a heated argument with his colleague two days before his untimely death over who would carry some goods brought to Lafia from Jos, the Plateau State capital.

The Deputy Public Relations Officer of the command, ASC Muhammed Suraju, made the disclosure in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, on Tuesday, while parading a total of five suspects who were recently arrested for committing various crimes in the state.

He explained that the victim who was stabbed with a horn by the suspect was immediately rushed for medical attention, but was unfortunately pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital.

He said, “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.

“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.”

While noting that Ali has confessed to the crime of killing his colleague, 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. (The PUNCH)