Bauchi—Police in Bauchi State have arrested a
30-year-old man, identified as Nasiru Usman
Banki, and a lady over the death of his
girlfriend in Bauchi.
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna
Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to
newsmen in Bauchi, said the deceased, known
as Iklima Alhassan, aged 28, and an indigene
of Bukuru village in Plateau State, visited her
boyfriend, Nasiru, who resides at Rafin
Makaranta area, behind Awala Hotel in
Bauchi.
He said trouble started when the deceased
met another lady, Fatima Baba Isa, 22, of
Makera ward in her boyfriend’s apartment, a
situation that allegedly resulted in a fight
between the two women.
Mohammed said: “On August 9, at about
12:50a.m., an uncon-scious young lady was
found along Maiduguri by-pass, near Awalah
Roundabout, Bauchi.
“The police patrol team attached to Tafawa
Balewa Housing Estate Division visited the
scene and rushed the victim to ATBU
Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, were she was
certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor
and the corpse was deposited in the mortuary
for post-mortem examination.”
The police spokesman said the deceased’s
boyfriend and the other lady were arrested
and were assisting the Police with useful
information that could help ascertain the
cause of her death.
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