David Moses, a security guard at Clear Hope Foundation Academy in Dawaki, Abuja, has confessed to killing a school nurse and a 14-month-old child after collecting ₦3 million ransom. He made the confession during police interrogation, revealing that he acted alongside a partner named Sunday, who is currently on the run.
Moses explained that he and Sunday initially demanded ₦250 million in ransom, later settling for ₦3 million.
“What brought me here is that I killed a child with a nurse in Clear Hope School on July 23. Me and my friend, we demanded for ₦250 ransom. Later on, we later settled for ₦3 million. Which we collected,” he was quoted by PUNCH.
He said the crime escalated when Sunday stabbed him during a fight over the ransom money.
“When we collected the money and were sharing it, that was when we had an issue. My friend stabbed me with a knife, took the money, and ran away… I insisted on seeing the police so they could take me to the hospital and I could explain the whole story properly.”
Describing how the nurse was killed, Moses said she was lured to a toilet where Sunday strangled her with a rope.
“I went to call her from her class, while Sunday was hiding in the toilet… He put a rope around her neck and started strangling her; she struggled but eventually became weak.”
Moses said the child was also killed at Sunday’s insistence.
“Then he told me to run and go bring the baby so we could also kill the baby… I went and brought the baby.”
He claimed this was his first involvement in such a crime.
“I have never done such a thing. This was the first time someone pushed me into any evil act.”
He added the nurse had shown him kindness, even giving him ₦300 for food the same day.
“The woman was nice to me… she gave me ₦300 to buy food.”
Zachariah Fiyinfoluwa, representing the security company that hired Moses, admitted lapses in documentation.
“For us not to keep the record, I accept that it’s our fault.”
FCT Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, confirmed the victims, Chinyere Anaene (55) and Nanenter Asher Yese (14 months), were reported missing on July 23.
“On the same day, the husband of the caregiver received a call… wherein unidentified individuals demanded a ransom of ₦250 million for their release.”
“Despite having killed the victims, they still demanded ₦3 million from the family under the pretence that the victims were alive.”
“The police also arrested the school principal, two additional security guards… and the Chief Security Officer of the private security company,” the CP added.
