Nigeria: How Expelled Student Raped, Beheaded a Groundnut Seller

19 January 2013

The killing of a 22-year-old Ramatu Isah by Godwin David Idoko, took the New Year day celebrations of the peace-loving people of RafiYashin neighbourhood in Niger State aback. In this piece, ABU NMODU, describes how the suspect was dragged to the homicide section of the state criminal investigations department (SCID) in Minna by the combined efforts of neighbours within the area

Rafin Yashin is in the Bosso local government area of Niger State and a suburb of Minna, the state capital known for its quiet neighbourhoods, but up till now the residents are yet to recover from the shocking discovery of the horror associated with the killing of a 22-year- old lady who was hawking groundnuts one fateful day.

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