Police Arrest Man Over Alleged Killing Of Girlfriend In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a man over the alleged killing of his girlfriend in Kaduna State.

The suspect, identified as Manaseh Bitrus Jatau, is being investigated in connection with the death of 35-year-old Rebecca Ojoniko Jeremiah.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansur Hassan, said Jeremiah’s lifeless body was discovered on September 5 along Mai Angwa Street, Romi, with cotton wool reportedly stuffed in her nostrils.

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Police detectives from the Romi Outstation rushed her to St Gerald Hospital, Kakuri, where she was pronounced dead by a medical doctor. Her remains were subsequently deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.

According to the police, preliminary investigation showed that Jatau was the last person to call the deceased and had allegedly invited her to meet him at Ebano Joint in Romi.

The suspect was later traced and arrested at his workplace, Tomato Jos Company, in the Maraban Jos area of Kaduna.

During interrogation, Jatau reportedly admitted that he had a fight with Jeremiah in his room over a phone call from another woman.

According to the police statement, he allegedly told investigators that the altercation resulted in her death and that he later dumped her body in an open field near his residence in an attempt to conceal the incident.

The police said the suspect remains in custody as investigations continue and will be arraigned in court after the conclusion of the investigation.