Nigerian Student Arrest: Confessed Killing Brother

Mustapha Musa Osmanu, a 23 year old Nigerian
student has confessed to the police that he
stabbed his two brothers at Accra New Town
last Friday, leading to the death of one of them.
Musa Osmanu, currently in police custody, said

he committed the act after taking 20 doses of
Diazepam 5gm tablets he took the previous
night to enable him study.
He is provisionally being charged for murder and
causing harm.
At about 3:30 am that Friday, Musa Osmanu,
said he sneaked into their kitchen, picked a knife
and first stabbed Jamiru Osman, 23, in the chest
before stabbing Nazifi Osman Mohammed, 27, in
the chest and the stomach, leading to his death.
Nazifi, the oldest among the three—a matrilineal
relative to the suspect—was pronounced dead
on arrival at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital
same day when the three were rushed to the
health facility for treatment.
However, Jamiri Osman who was then
unconscious is said to have regained
consciousness and is currently in a stable
condition.
Briefing the media about the arrest, DCOP
Christian Tetteh Yohuno, Accra Regional Police
Commander, said after Musa Osmanu had
reported to the police Friday morning that they
were attacked by armed robbers, police
immediately launched investigations into the
alleged robbery.
On Saturday, November 29,2014, police
managed to speak with Jamiru Osman on his
hospital bed and he revealed that it was Musa
Osmanu who attacked them while they were
sleeping that fateful day.
Jamiru, according to the Accra Regional Police
Commander, recounted that Musa Osmanu, after
the act, intentionally asked him (Osmanu) if he
knew the one who stabbed them.
Jamiru narrated that after seeing the intestines
of Nazifi gushed out and blood flowing from his
stomach, he immediately had to pretend he did
not see the one who stabbed them after he was
asked by suspect whether he saw something.
"The victim said if he had said yes, Musa
Osmanu would have killed him instantly which
was why he said he did not know the one who
stabbed them," DCOP Yohuno narrated.
The suspect then used the knife to inflict
wounds on Jamiru's hands before calling on
neighbours for help.
DCOP Yohuno said when some neighbours
rushed to their aid, Musa Osmanu told them
that three masked armed men attacked them
and stabbed his two brothers.
The police suspected that Musa Osmanu
committed the act when he learned that the
victims had been remitted about $4,000 from
their elder brother to pay their school fees.
The money, which was changed into cedis, was
in the custody of Musa Osmanu but police only
retrieved about GHȻ8,000 from him.
Meanwhile, while in police custody Musa
Osmanu told the media, "I admit committing the
act. I regret my action and I even wanted to
commit suicide after the act but Jamiru took
the knife from me..."
Musa Osmanu continued, "I was out of control
after taking the drug; I did not commit the
offence because of the money and I regret
having taken the drugs which enables me study
for more than five hours a day..."

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