An 18 year old girl, Idowu Abosede has been arrested by men of Ogun State police command for stabbing her boyfriend Aliyu Ibrahim to death.
The suspect was arrested following a distress call received from Seriki Huasa in Shagamu that the suspect and her deceased boyfriend were arguing over the sum of ₦3,000 as a result of which they were dragging a knife with each other and eventually the girl used the knife to stab the boyfriend on his chest which resulted in his death.
The police public relations officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a press release made available to newsmen that the DPO Shagamu, SP Okiki Agunbiade after receiving a distress call detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspected teenager was apprehended. The blood stained knife which he used to stab the deceased was also recovered.
The suspect, at interrogation claimed that she came to pass the night with the deceased and when she was about going in the morning, she took the sum of ₦3,000 from the deceased but he was not ready to give her the whole money and that was what led to argument between them.
She further said that it was the deceased who brought out the knife and while dragging it with him, the knife stabbed him on his chest.
The corpse of the deceased has been released to his relation on their demand to bury him in accordance with Islamic right.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
