One of the four suspects arrested in connection with the torture and killing of University of Jos student Ibrahim Mbaya has admitted to participating in the assault that led to the 25-year-old’s death. The suspect confessed to striking the victim three times with a wooden plank while attempting to coerce a confession regarding a missing iPhone.
The suspect, Emmanuel Newyear, made the admission while being paraded by the Plateau State Police Command in Jos on Wednesday.
“On the 26th of this month, my cousin came to my place to inform me that his phone was missing. He said they had called the deceased and he had come to the apartment,” Mr Newyear stated.
He explained that the group interrogated Mr Mbaya and took him to several locations where he allegedly claimed the missing phone could be found, though these searches were unsuccessful.
“I first slapped him inside the room and later brought him outside. I was the one who hit him with a plank three times. I beat him because I wanted him to tell me where the phone was,” he said.
