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BREAKING: Sudan arrests suspected killer of Nigerian diplomat

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6 years ago

May 13, 2018

The Sudanese authorities have announced the arrest of a woman accused of killing an Immigration Attaché at the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum .
Habibu Almu , Assistant Comptroller of Immigration, was found stabbed to death at his home in the Sudanese capital city of Khartoum on Thursday last week .

In a very short statement , the official news agency SUNA said the Sudanese police “arrested the offender , a foreign woman who committed the crime”.

It further said she confessed to the murder of the diplomat and that she also stole his possessions .

The Sudanese authorities didn ’ t disclose the circumstances of the crime or the nationality of the killer.

The Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs had , in a statement , explained that a team of policemen moved to the residence of the late Passport Officer and arrested a number of suspected persons as part of investigations into the murder .

It pointed out that it was closely following up all the legal procedures in the incident with the concerned authorities .

The Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs , Geoffrey Onyeama , confirmed on Sunday that the Sudanese government had communicated the arrest of the principal suspect to his ministry .

The Federal Government had condemned the murder of the diplomat and pledged to would work with Khartoum to arrest the culprit .

The Nigeria Immigration Service in its reaction expressed shock over the incident, adding that the Comptroller – General, Muhammad Babandede ,was in high – level discussion with the Minister of Foreign Affairs over the incident.