Police arrest man over alleged killing of girlfriend in Kaduna

The Kaduna State Police Command said it had arrested a man following the alleged killing of his girlfriend in Kaduna.

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

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

He added that police detectives from the Romi Outstation rushed her to St Gerald Hospital, Kakuri, where she was pronounced dead by a medical doctor, and her remains were 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.

According to the statement, Jatau admitted during interrogation that he had a fight with the deceased in his room over a phone call from another woman.

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 added that the suspect remained in their custody as the investigation continued and that he would be arraigned in court after the conclusion of the investigation.