Police Command in Bauchi has today Saturday arrested an 18-year-old boy, Abdurahman Sulaiman, for allegedly stabbing his elder brother to death over a pair of short pants.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Umar Sanda confirmed the incident to newsmen in Bauchi, said the argument was over the pants that allegedly belonged to the suspect’s elder brother.
He said the suspect allegedly committed the fratricide when the elder brother asked him to remove the pants he was wearing, which the elder brother claimed belonged to him, resulting in a heated argument and fight at the games village area of Bauchi metropolis.
The commissioner said the suspect was currently in Police custody and would be charged to court after investigation, assuring that they would not relent in arresting perpetrators of such evil acts.