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DPO, girlfriend arrested over death of housemaid in Katsina State

DPO, girlfriend arrested over death of housemaid in Katsina State

By Zubairu Idris
Murder
Katsina, June 22, 2019 (NAN) The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) attached to Mashi Local Government, Mr Garba Talawai, and his girlfriend, Sadiyya Alhaji Danyaya, over the death of their 16-year-old housemaid.

The command said this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina.

“A councillor in Mashi local government, Abubakar Haruna, reported to the DPO Garba Talawai that a corpse was seen at a bush path in Mashi.

“The DPO and his team went to the place and evacuated the corpse which was deposited at Mashi Primary Healthcare Centre.

“Later, the corpse was identified as that of Rabi Abdullahi, 16, a housemaid to one Sadiyya Alhaji Danyaya, a girlfriend of the DPO.

“Some health personnel on duty also identified the corpse as having being brought previous day to the health facility by the DPO and another policeman where it was confirmed death in Toyota Carina II, red in colour, identified as the car of the DPO,” he said.

He said that investigations indicated that the said Sadiyya reported to the DPO that the teenage girl was missing two days ago after she rebuked her for carrying unwanted pregnancy and sleeping outside the house.

“Preliminary investigations indicted the DPO for concealment of facts on the possible cause of death of the deceased,” he said.

The PPRO said that the commissioner of police has already directed for a thorough, meticulous and comprehensive investigation on the matter.

He further said that both the DPO and his girlfriend were helping detectives to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the deceased.

He said that another DPO has already been posted to the area as his replacement.

“The commissioner of police, Sanusi Buba, assures the parents of the deceased and the public that the command will not leave any stone unturned until justice is done in the matter,” he said. (NAN)
ZI/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola

Judiciary

Water vendor remanded for killing girlfriend

Water vendor remanded for killing girlfriend
NAN-H-24
Murder
By Teniola Ibitola
Lagos, Dec. 20, 2017(NAN) Ibrahim Useni who allegedly slit the throat of his girlfriend, Jenifer Odiase, was on Wednesday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The presiding Magistrate, Mrs A.S. Okubule, ordered the remand of the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons pending an outcome of legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The accused, a water vendor popularly known as “mai ruwa”, whose plea was not taken was arraigned at the court on a murder charge.
Earlier, Insp. Chinalu Uwadione, the police prosecutor, told the court that the accused committed the offence on Nov. 25 at about 2 p.m, at Harry Hotel, Badagry Expressway.
He alleged that the accused used a knife to slit the throat of his girlfriend because the deceased had spent the daily contribution which he kept in her care.
“The accused had asked the deceased to hand over the daily contribution from the sales he made from fetching and selling water he kept in her care but the deceased could not and in anger, Useni brought out a knife and slit her throat,” the prosecutor said.
The offence contravened Section 222 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The law stipulates a death sentence for convicts.
Okubule ordered that the accused be kept behind bars.
She adjourned the case till Jan. 19, 2018, pending receipt of the legal advice. (NAN)
OAT/MST
Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola