A security man who is also a choir master attached to a filling station in Farin Gada area of Jos, Friday Samson, has confessed how he raped and killed a 32-year-old woman, Ruth Yakadi, in December 2022.
The body of the lady was found dumped beside the filing station but Samson, a 29-year-old father of two and a choir master in his church, had escaped justice for several months before he was apprehended by the police following intense investigations.
Here is the suspect’s confession to the police.
“I am here because I raped and killed someone. I don’t have any reason for what I did but I did it, it is just w!wickedness of the heart.
“That day, I just wanted to sleep with her but she refused, due to wickedness, I raped and killed her.
“I am a security guard at a filling station at Farin Gada. I was on duty that night and I saw her passing at about 11 pm. I have never seen her before and I don’t know her but I called her and told her I wanted to sleep with her but she refused.
“I cchased er and caught up with her. That was when I stabbed and raped her. She was not dead when I raped her, it is just wickedness of the heart.
“After I raped and killed her, I picked up her phone and held it for one month. After that, I sold it to Ephraim Emmanuel, I did not tell him where I got the phone from just that I told him that the phone is mine.
“The phone is a Redmi. I started working in the filling station in August 2022 and I was being paid N28,000.”
The buyer of the phone, Emmanuel who was also arrested, said:
“I bought the phone because I know him as my choirmaster. He did not tell me he was not the owner of the phone and I did not know the story behind the phone. The police tracked the phone to me and arrested me so I told them who sold the phone to me.”
What punishment would you recommend to the killer of this young lady?
