Operatives of the Bauchi State Police command have detained a 19-year-old guy (name withheld) in connection with the reported murder of a commercial sex worker in the state’s Bauchi Local Government Area.
Police Public Relations Officer Ahmad Wakil confirmed the arrest yesterday in Bauchi, stating that the culprit was taken into custody by command personnel on Monday following the girl’s fatal knife stabbing.
He said the suspect also stabbed one other person, among those who came to rescue the deceased.
A heated argument, he said, ensued between them after the deceased demanded N5,000 payment for her services during a previous affair.
He said: “It led to physical confrontation where the victim sustained serious injury which resulted to her death.
“The arrest was made following a distress call received from a Good Samaritan that on the same date, at about 6:45 p.m., the suspect entered a hotel room of Happiness Garden situated at Bayan Gari.
“He, subsequently, stabbed his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande, around her upper chest region and at that point, the victim screamed and the people around attempted to rescue her.
“They forcefully opened the door, where the suspect additionally stabbed one Zaharaddeen Adamu on his left hand.”
Wakil said policemen rescued the suspect from mob action and refered the victims to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
He said the girl was certified dead by a medical doctor while the corpse had been deposited at the morgue.
The spokesman said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect and the deceased met on Facebook platform early this year.
It further showed that the suspect debited N400,000 from his father’s bank account, to spend good time with his girlfriend.
Text except headline courtesy of Vanguard
