The Benue State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old suspect, Abdullahi Usman, from Awe in Nasarawa State, over the alleged killing of Professor Gabriel Saawua Nyityo and his younger brother, John Nyityo.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, said officers attached to the D Division responded to a distress call in the Adaka area, where they discovered the lifeless bodies of the two victims.
Police identified the deceased as 58-year-old Professor Gabriel Saawua Nyityo and his 19-year-old brother, John Nyityo, adding that the siblings were allegedly attacked and murdered by unidentified gunmen.
DSP Edet stated that preliminary investigations resulted in the arrest of Abdullahi Usman, 23, an indigene of Awe Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, over his alleged involvement in the incident.
She added that investigations are ongoing to apprehend other suspects.