The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of a security guard, David Moses, in connection with the brutal murder of a nurse and a toddler in the Dawaki area of Abuja.
Moses confessed to killing 55-year-old Chinyere Anaene, a caregiver and nurse at Clear Hope Foundation Academy, along with 14-month-old Nanenter Asher Yese, who was under her care.
The incident occurred on Wednesday, July 23, 2025.
While being paraded before journalists at the FCT Police Command headquarters, Moses alleged that he was manipulated into carrying out the crime by an accomplice named Sunday, who is currently on the run.
Moses, who worked as a security guard at the school, alleged that he and Sunday had planned to kidnap the victims for ransom, initially demanding N250 million before settling for N3 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 N250 ransom. Later on, we later settled for N3 million. Which we collected,” he said.
When asked why he eventually turned himself in, Moses said his accomplice, Sunday, became violent and tried to kill him after they had collected the ransom.
He said: “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.”
On how the school nurse and toddler were killed, 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.
“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.
“There’s no relationship between the woman and I. The woman was nice to me. In fact, that very day, she gave me N300 to buy food. She had been giving me money to eat even before then.”
Commissioner of Police, Ajao Adewale, confirmed that the police began investigating after the victims were reported missing on July 23, 2025.
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 N250 million for their release.
“Despite having killed the victims, they still demanded N3 million from the family under the pretence that the victims were alive.
“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.”(Daily trust)
