A court clerk who was ordered to summon a man in Adamawa State by the name of Linus Dimas is said to have been slain.
In a statement provided to reporters on Tuesday night, the Adamawa State Police Command stated that the suspect was taken into custody by their agents on Monday, December 18, following his alleged murder of the clerk who had gone to deliver the court summons to him.
According to the statement, which was signed by Suleiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer, Linus Dimas, 43, is a resident of Kugama Wuro Jibir in the Mayo Belwa Local Government Area.
According to the statement: “The suspect, on December 18, 2023, rejected court summons served on him by Yauba Usman, a staff of Nasarawo Jereng Area Court and stabbed him severally with a knife, thereby inflicting deep cuts on him.”
The police added that the court clerk was immediately rushed to the hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
“The Commissioner of Police directs that the case be discreetly investigated,” the statement added.
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