Deborah: We’re Still Searching for Killers– Sokoto Police

The Sokoto State Police Command has disclosed that they’re still searching for the killers of Late Miss Deborah Samuel, adding that those who were arrested are not the suspected killers.

Recall that Miss Samuel was a 200-level student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto state, who was gruesomely murdered by her fellow students in May 2022.

It was alleged that she made a comment on her school’s WhatsApp platform which her Muslim colleagues considered to blaspheme Prophet Mohammed (SAW).

Meanwhile, DSP Sanusi Abubakar, the spokesman for the command, who spoke with Punch over the case, said those arrested by the police months back were not the prime suspects.

DSP Sanusi Abubakar, the spokesman for the command, who spoke with Punch over the case, said those arrested by the police months back were not the prime suspects.

According to Abubakar, they were only among those who organised the riot and were still in remand custody as ordered by the court.

Abubakar also confirmed that the prime suspects were many but efforts were ongoing to arrest them.

“Those ones we arrested then, though not the suspected killers, contributed to the violent riot and were arraigned in court where the judge ordered that they should be remanded. Concerning those suspected killers, we have circulated their pictures to media houses and sent our intelligence to every part of the state.

We are still on the lookout for them and we are confident of arresting them wherever they may be hiding. We will flush them out and arraign them before a competent court of law,” he said.

He hence promised that the command would not be partial on the case and that the state Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Gumel, would guarantee the killers’ arrest.