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How we killed nurse, child in Abuja school after collecting ransom – Suspect

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A man identified as David Moses has confessed to the gruesome killing of a school nurse and a 14-month-old child at a school in the Dawaki area of Abuja, blaming his actions on pressure from an alleged accomplice named Sunday, who is currently at large.

Moses, a security guard deployed to the school, made the confession while being interrogated by journalists at the Federal Capital Territory police command on Friday.

He said he and Sunday had planned to kidnap the victims for ransom, initially demanding ₦250 million before 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 said.

According to him, the incident took a violent turn when a dispute over the ransom money broke out between him and Sunday.

He added that he later sought help and eventually confessed to the police after receiving treatment in a hospital.

“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 struggled and took myself to someone’s house and told the person what was going on. But I didn’t tell the full truth at that time because I was afraid the community might have killed me immediately.

“I insisted on seeing the police so they could take me to the hospital and I could explain the whole story properly. The man told me to wait while he called the police. When the police came, they took me to the hospital. After I received treatment, they began to ask me what happened, and I started narrating the whole story from the beginning.”

Detailing how the school nurse was killed, Moses said she was lured into a trap under the guise of checking something in a toilet, where Sunday allegedly strangled her with a rope.

Moses said, “I went to call her from her class, while Sunday was hiding in the toilet. When I called her, I told her I wanted to show her something near the front toilet where Sunday was hiding. As we were going, he came out from behind and held the woman. He put a rope around her neck and started strangling her she struggled but eventually became weak.”

The child, he said, was later also taken and killed at Sunday’s insistence.

Moses said, “Then he told me to run and go bring the baby so we could also kill the baby. I said no, that the woman alone was enough. He insisted, saying that if we didn’t bring the baby, the ransom we demanded wouldn’t be enough. So, I went and brought the baby.”

When asked how many people he had killed or kidnapped before, he said, “I have never done such a thing. This was the first time someone pushed me into any evil act.”

Probed further on his relationship with the woman and the baby, he said she gave him ₦300 to buy food the day she was killed.

Moses said, “There’s no relationship. The woman was nice to me. In fact, that very day, she gave me ₦300 to buy food. She had been giving me money to eat even before then.”

 

Zachariah Fiyinfoluwa, a representative of the security company that employed Moses distanced himself from the crime, saying he was only informed of the disappearance of the nurse and child after the school principal raised an alarm.

“I don’t know anybody called Sunday. The person we posted to the school is David,” he said.

However, under questioning, Fiyinfoluwa admitted that the company failed to properly document Moses’ employment, including failing to keep his guarantor’s information.

“For us not to keep the record, I accept that it’s our fault,” he said.

When pressed further on the company’s responsibility, especially for the safety of persons within the premises, Fiyinfoluwa admitted that supervisors were supposed to routinely visit deployment sites but did not confirm if such oversight occurred at Claire Hope School.

In an interview with the Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale said the victims were reported missing on July 23, 2025, from the school the same day, a ransom demand of ₦250 million was made via the caregiver’s phone.

The CP said following an investigation, police operatives arrested Moses, who later confessed to conspiring with his friend, Sunday Irimiya currently at large to carry out the crime.

He said, “On July 23, 2025, the FCT Police Command received a distress report concerning the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Chinyere Anaene, a 55-year-old school nurse and caregiver at Clear Hope Foundation Academy, Dawaki, Abuja, and a toddler identified as Nanenter Asher Yese, aged one year and two months.

“On the same day, the husband of the caregiver received a call on the caregiver’s mobile phone 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,” Adewale said.

He said the police have also arrested the school principal, two other security guards, and the Chief Security Officer of the private security company that deployed Moses to the school.

“In the course of our investigation, the police also arrested the school principal, two additional security guards who were meant to be on duty with David Moses, and the Chief Security Officer of the private security company responsible for deploying the guards to the school, ” he said.

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Interpol arrests 11 high-level members of terrorist groups in Nigeria

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The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) has arrested 11 suspected high-ranking members of terrorist groups in Nigeria as part of a continent-wide crackdown on terrorism financing and related crimes.

The arrests were made as part of Operation Catalyst, a two-month joint operation conducted by Interpol and the African Union Mechanism for Police Cooperation (AFRIPOL) across six countries: Angola, Cameroon, Kenya, Namibia, Nigeria, and South Sudan.

In a statement, Interpol said the operation targeted terrorism financing and the illegal activities supporting it, examining more than 15,000 individuals and entities of interest. The operation uncovered $260 million in both fiat and virtual currencies potentially linked to terrorism-related activities, with over $600,000 seized.

“Of the 83 arrests, 21 were for terrorism-related crimes, 28 were for financial fraud and money laundering, 16 were linked to cyber-enabled scams, and a further 18 were related to the illicit use of virtual assets,” the statement said.

In Angola, 25 people of multiple nationalities were detained in connection with informal value transfer systems tied to terrorist financing and money laundering. Authorities seized around $588,000, along with 100 mobile phones, 40 computers, and froze 60 bank accounts.

In Kenya, investigators uncovered a suspected money-laundering network using a virtual asset service provider with potential links to terrorism financing. The operation, valued at about $430,000, led to the arrest of two individuals. In another case, two suspects were detained for allegedly recruiting young people from East and North Africa into terrorist groups through online platforms. Funds for the recruitment were traced through cryptocurrency channels back to individuals in Tanzania.

Interpol said Nigeria’s contribution to the operation resulted in the arrest of 11 suspected terrorists, “including high-level members of several terrorist groups.”

The international police agency also uncovered a major cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scheme operating across 17 countries, including Nigeria, Cameroon, and Kenya. The fraudulent platform posed as a legitimate trading service and defrauded more than 100,000 victims worldwide, resulting in losses estimated at $562 million.

According to Interpol, several large cryptocurrency wallets linked to the scheme are now being investigated for possible connections to terrorism financing. The global investigation remains ongoing.

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PHOTOS: Murd£r suspect arrested over 40 times before allegedly k!lling hotel guest

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A man arrested in the US after allegedly murd£ring a 51-year-old man had been arrested over 40 times before, records show.

Ronnie Fewell, 32, sh0t and k!lled Ronald Neville on Oct. 10 at a Motel 6 in Charlotte, North Carolina, according to an arrest affidavit.

Neville was found with several gunsh0t wounds and was pronounced de@d at the scene.

Video obtained by police showed that Fewell was one of three men who forced their way into the motel room, where they were only inside for several seconds, police said.

Detectives said one of the men “quickly” fled the hotel room with a backpack that he didn’t have before.’

Fewell was charged with felony murd£r, robbery with a dangerous weapon and felony conspiracy in relation to the sho0ting.

Officials said he was one of four people allegedly responsible for Neville’s de@th.

The backpack had items valued at $100, according to an arrest warrant.

Fewell was given no bond and was ordered to be detained at the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office.

Court and arrest records reviewed by Fox News Digital show that Fewell has been arrested at least 40 times dating back to 2012.

Fewell had previously been arrested for charges of resisting a public officer, breaking and entering, possession of stolen goods, assault on a female, possession of cocaine, selling cocaine, possession of a firearm by felon, possession of a stolen firearm, robbery, assault on a female, assault with a deadly weapon, and more.

Many of the charges were dismissed by the local state’s attorney and resulted in no jail time, according to court records, but he has served time in prison for several convictions.

Rep. Mark Harris, R-North Carolina, wrote on X he was “disgusted” at the amount of times Fewell has been arrested.

“Another serial criminal who was walking free in Charlotte, NC, has just been arrested for the MURDER of a 51-year-old man,” Harris wrote.

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PHOTOS: Former monarch’s wife paraded by community members who claim she was caught burying charms

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A woman identified as Mrs Chinelo, was on Wednesday, Oct. 22, paraded by community members around the villages of Ibom Isii, Arochukwu LGA of Abia.

The villagers claim Mrs Chinelo, who is the widow of the former traditional ruler of the Ibom Isii, was allegedly caught at 2am on Wednesday burying a calabash, knife, and a handwritten list of names at her late husband’s home.

Eyewitnesses raised an alarm, and villagers apprehended her before the elders intervened to prevent mob action.

Videos circulated by villagers show Chinelo with a red wrapper around her chest and with what appears to be a clay bowl in her hand as she was being paraded by villagers who were singing and playing local musical instrument.

The bowl in her hands is alleged to be the charms she was allegedly caught trying to bury.

Some villagers in the video, claimed that Mrs Chinelo was previously sent away from her husband’s home by community members over alleged infidelity.

After being paraded around the villages, she was handed over to the elders, who then took her to Inyama Avia, the ancient traditional sanctuary of Arochukwu — a spiritual tribunal where individuals accused of evil deeds are required to swear before the ancestors.

Chinelo is the wife of late Eze-Ibom-Isii, Mazi Kanu Nwa Kanu Okereke, who was deposed in early 2024 and di£d a year later.

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