Police officers from the Mararaba “A” Division in Nasarawa State have apprehended one Alice Mulak of Ungwan Gwari, Karu LGA, for fatally stabbing her boyfriend.
The development was contained in a statement released on Friday by DSP Ramhan Nansel, the public relations officer for the Nasarawa State Police.
According to preliminary investigation, the incident occured m behind the City Rock Hotel in Mararaba at around 03:30 hrs., when the deceased and his girlfriend got into a fight over an argument.
The suspect was later arrested and the knife used in committing the crime was recovered based on the directive of the Commissioner of Police, CP Adesina Soyemi.
“The suspect has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia for further investigation and subsequent prosecution,” the statement added.
23-year-old Boy Arranges His Own Abduction, Demands N10m From Parents
A 23-year-old boy, Edward Okache has arranged his own abduction by some men in Ogun state so as to raise a ransom of N10 million from his parents.
Edward’s sibling, Comfort Okache had earlier made a report at the Mowe divisional headquarters via a phone call that his younger brother, travelling from Calabar to Lagos, had been kidnapped around Mowe area of Ogun State.
On Monday, the police said Okache was nabbed with four others identified as: Asamoah Ernest, Isiah Uti, Ephraim Anyijor and Charity Lukpata, whom he told to kidnap him.
Ogun State Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi stated that the kidnappers demanded a sum of N10 million if the relatives wanted to see the boy alive.
After receiving the report, OsunDaily News understands that DPO of Mowe division, SP Folake Afeniforo, had mobilized the division’s tactical teams to the area.
He said, “Upon painstaking and enduring combing of the surrounding bush at Orimerunmu area, the victim was sighted in an uncompleted building with the duo of Asamoah Ernest, a Ghanaian, and Isiah Uti, where he was tied in both hands and legs.”
Police rescued the acclaimed victim and arrested the two suspects found with him.
However, when they got to the station the arrested suspects revealed that the victim was the person who planned with them to kidnap him in order for him to extort money from his parents to invest in an online business.
This article was originally published on OsunDaily News
