Security Guard Confesses to Gruesome Murder of Nurse and Baby in Abuja

Security Guard Confesses to Gruesome Murder 

A suspect identified as David Moses has confessed to the murder of a school nurse, Chinyere Anaene, and a 14-month-old child, Nanenther Asher Yese, at Clear Hope Foundation Academy in the Dawaki area of Abuja.

Moses, a security guard assigned to the school, made the confession at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Friday, August 1, 2025, according to Punch newspaper reports.

According to the suspect, he and his accomplice, identified as Sunday Irimiya, planned the attack and initially demanded N250 million in ransom from the victims’ families before agreeing on N3 million.

“What brought me here is that I killed a child with a nurse in school on July 23. Me and my friend, we demanded ₦250 million ransom. Later on, we settled for ₦3 million, which we collected,” he said.

 

The crime took a violent turn when a fight broke out between him and Sunday over how to share the ransom money.

Moses added that he later sought help and ultimately turned himself in to the police after receiving treatment in a hospital.

“When we collected the money and were sharing it, we had an issue. My friend stabbed me with a knife, took the money, and ran away. I managed to get to someone’s house and told them what had happened. But I didn’t say the full truth because I was afraid the community would kill me immediately,” he explained.

He insisted on speaking to the police so he could tell his side of the story in full.

“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 they arrived, they took me to the hospital. After I received treatment, I began narrating everything from the beginning.”

Revealing how the school nurse, who had earlier given him money for food that day, was killed, Moses said:

“I went to call her from her class. I told her I wanted to show her something near the front toilet where Sunday was hiding. He came out from behind and held her. He put a rope around her neck and started strangling her. She struggled but eventually became weak.”

He also revealed that the child was later killed on Sunday’s insistence.