By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi
A 19-year-old young man, Muhammad Ibrahim of Sabon Layi, Kano Road, Bauchi has allegedly liquidated his girlfriend in a bloody purge at Bayan Gari area of Bauchi metropolis.
The suspect has therefore been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command as revealed by the Command PPRO, SP Ahmed Wakili in a statement his issued to Journalists on Wednesday.
The PPRO states that On 18/12/2023 at about 1900hrs, Detectives attached to the Operations Restore Peace (ORP) arrested one Muhammad Ibrahim in connection with a case of gruesome murder of Emmanuella Ande.
The PPRO explained that the arrest was made following a distress call received from a good Samaritan that on the same date at about 1845hrs, the accused (Muhammad Ibrahim) entered a hotel room of Happiness Garden situated at Bayan Gari where he stabbed his girlfriend Emmanuella Ande ‘f’ of Jos Plateau State, around her upper chest region.
At that point, the victim screamed and the people around attempted to rescue the victim, they forcefully opened the door, where the accused additionally stabbed one Zaharaddeen Adamu, 36 years of Makera area Bauchi on his left hand, the intervention of the Police operatives saved the accused from mob action.
On receipt of the report, a Team of Detectives led by the Officer in Charge of Operation Restore Peace swiftly swung into action, rescued the accused, and evacuated the victim to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi where she was certified dead by a medical practitioner and corpse was deposited at the mortuary.
Similarly, Zaharadeen was admitted and treated at the Police Clinic and has been discharged.
However, the accused was also treated at the Police Clinic and was discharged and is currently being investigated.
During interrogation, the accused admitted the allegation against him and further confessed that he met the victim on social media, Facebook, sometime within the year 2023 when the victim invited him to meet her in Port Harcourt city.
Therefore, the accused stole the sum N 400,000:00 from his father’s account to his account to spend a good time with his girlfriend.
The ugly incident happened when the victim demanded the sum of N5,000 which he (suspect) owed her (victim) for previous affairs they had, in the process, a heated argument ensued between them which led to a physical confrontation where the victim sustained a serious injury which led to her dead.
Exhibits recovered from the suspect included One knife while the investigation is ongoing, after which the suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.
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