The father of nine was arrested after his daughter’s corpse was discovered in the bush in Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of the state.

It was gathered that all began when the suspect was informed by his first wife, Zulei Mohammed, that the deceased was not his biological daughter as she was pregnant for another man when they got married.

He was later brought to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the State Police headquarters for further investigation where he confessed to the crime.

The man lured the 16-year-old girl to the bush and with the help of his friends they beat the innocent girl to death and later reported at the police station that the girl is missing, but on interrogation, the police pick some loopholes of which later determined that the man was responsible for the missing girl.

In the course of the investigation, the operatives of the Department were able to identify the scene of the crime where they recovered the corpse.

Spokesperson of the command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who confirmed the incident said that the suspect is being investigated.