• Ibrahim and his gang members hack his elder brother to death
• They killed him and went away with the money their father gave Ibrahim’s elder brother, Kadade, to save
• Police have arrest two of the suspects, others are still on the run
• According to Ibrahim, he was angry because his father preferred His elder brother, Kadade, to the rest of his siblings.

Police in Kaduna state has arrested one Ibrahim for allegedly killing his brother with the aid of his gang members.

The Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) attached to Operation Puff Adder at Kateri Annex in Kaduna State and headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari made the arrest.

20-year-old Ibrahim Abdullahi and 22-year-old Hassan Amadu along with others are the prime suspects for the murder of Kadade Abdullahi at Amana Maikasuwa Village in Kadu

According to Ibrahim, who is currently having a well deserved time in police custody, he killed his elder brother because he was their father’s favourite.

According to reports, Ibrahim and his late brother are indigenes of Amana maiKasuwa village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The police operatives arrested the suspect and one Hassan Amadu, 22, with the support of local vigilantes.

Ibrahim told City Round during the week, that he was a member of a gang which specialised in armed robbery, kidnapping and cattle rustling.

According to Ibrahim, he hired assassins, with the help of his gang members, to kill Kadade.

Ibrahim said, “My brother sold some cows for my father and made N1.7m. He came back and started making a noise about it.

“My father was happy about it and asked him (Kadade) to keep the money.

“I expected him to share the money between us but he asked my brother to take it to the bank the next day.

“I was so broke that day and asked my father for money. He started insulting me and asked me to learn to be responsible like Kadade.

“I was bitter and immediately called Haruna (Amadu) and told him about the money in our house.

“I told them (Amadu and the hired assassins) to come that night and kill my brother.

“I thought that his death would make my father allow me to control some of his businesses. That night, around 12 midnight, about five of them came.

“They knocked on my window as a sign to let me know that they were around.

“They searched everywhere for my brother and when they found him, they killed him as I instructed.

“My father was devastated but I consoled him that it was Allah’s wish.

He continued, “I collected N100,000 as my share of the money since I was the one who brought the job.

“It was later that we learnt that my brother kept part of the money in a safe in the market.

“The police came to our residence and arrested our neighbours because they all knew about the money Kadade made from selling father’s cows.

“They were later released and my brother was buried and I thought the matter was over.

“I was surprised when the police came back with Hassan (Amadu) and arrested me. I am terribly sorry and hope that my family will forgive me. I now regret my action.”

Talking about why he was angry with Kadade, Ibrahim said among his father’s children, his late brother always got special attention.

He said, “My father is married to four wives and has many children. I don’t know what is special about Kadade.

“I was never sent to a regular school but Arabic school in Kaduna. It was only Kadade that attended primary and secondary schools.

“My father said it was not necessary for the rest of us to go to school and that he wanted all of us to become farmers. Yet he kept calling us illiterates who could not speak English.”

Speaking with City Round, Ibrahim’s accomplice, Amadu, said he knew Kadade was hard working and generous.

He said it was in the process of rearing cows for his master that he met one Haruna who showed him to how to make money selling his master’s cows without the knowledge of his master.

He said, “I knew Kadade well as a hard-working and generous man. I never wished him dead. We found only N300,000 in the house and my share was N40,000.”

Meanwhile, the police said that the suspects admitted to have engaged in armed robbery and kidnapping in Kaduna State.

He also noted that they had started searching for other members of the gang.