The Police Command in Kano State has confirmed the arrest of a man named Philibus Ibrahim for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend, 22-year-old Theresa Yakubu.
Ibrahim committed the offence in Tudun Wada
Local Government Area of the state and was arrested alongside his accomplice,
Gabriel Bila, both of Unguwar Korau Tudun-Wada LGA. Mr Mamman Dauda, the
Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday in Kano.
"On April 2 at about 4:30 p.m., we
received information from a good Samaritan that a lady was seen lying on the
roadside, unconscious on Kano-Jos Road in Anadaria Village," Dauda stated.
"On receiving the information, a team of policemen rushed to the scene,
and the victim was taken to Tiga General Hospital, where she was confirmed dead
by a doctor."
"Investigation, however, revealed that
the victim left Nassarawan Kuki to Yantomo Village in Garin Babba LGA of Kano
on March 27, at about 6:00 p.m. In the course of the investigation, the
principal suspect was arrested and confessed to committing the offence by using
the victim’s veil to strangulate her."
Dauda said that the investigation was
ongoing, and once completed, the suspects would be charged to court.
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