The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Police Command on Wednesday paraded a Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd).
Muhammad, who has now been dismissed from the navy, was said to have killed Aminu two weeks ago and took away his car, a Toyota Prado jeep.
Parading the suspect before newsmen in Abuja, FCT Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, said the suspect was arrested while trying to sell the car.
He said, “About two weeks ago, Aminu Ibrahim, the son of Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd), a former Chief of Naval Staff, was robbed and killed in the Maitama area of Abuja, and his Prado SUV was carted away. So today, I want to inform you that Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, a serving Nigerian Navy personnel killed him. He confessed to the crime and We have recovered the Prado Jeep.”
The commissioner while commiserating with the bereaved family, said the suspect would be charged to court as soon as investigation is concluded.
In an interview with journalists, Mohammed, who said he is a seaman in the Navy having joined the service in 2016, said he deployed to the former Chief of Naval Staff’s residence for guard duties and developed a relationship with the deceased.
On the day that he killed him, he said the deceased who was going out at about 1I:30, in the night, asked for escort.
He said “I work in the house. He wanted to come out at night. It was 11.30. He said he needed security.
“So I followed him with my gun. Along the way, he stopped. He was checking his ATM because I thought maybe he was going to buy something.
“Maybe I was going to escort him to a market or something like that. Then when I came out through the other door, I shot him to carry the car and go. I’m a guard. I’m serving in the Navy. I am a seaman. He did not do anything for me, I just killed him to take his car.”
“I was arrested about four days ago when I went to sell the car. I don’t know how much the car is but I was just going yo Apo, mechanic village to sell the car before I was arrested”.
“It was just the car I was after, I didn’t have any problem with the boy before now.
“I opened fire and shot him in the chest and left him there and took off, I dint know how they discovered his body”. He said.
The suspect, who says he is married with two children, said he regrets his actions as he does not know how to explain the brutal act to his children when they grow up.
