The officers of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a teenager, Muhammad Ibrahim, for alleged murder of a commercial sex worker in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmad Wakil, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday.
Wakil said the operatives of the command arrested the teenager, aged 19, on Monday, December 18, after he stabbed the girl with a knife and killed her.
He said the suspect also stabbed one other person, among those who came to rescue the deceased.
Heated argument, he said, ensued between them after the sex worker demanded N5,000 payment for her services during a previous affair.
The police spokesman said: “It led to physical confrontation where the victim sustained serious injury which resulted to her death.
“The arrest was made following a distress call received from a good samaritan that on the same date, at about 6:45 p.m., the suspect, entered a hotel room of Happiness Garden situated at Bayan Gari.
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“He subsequently stabbed his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande, around her upper chest region and at that point, the victim screamed and the people around attempted to rescue her.
“They forcefully opened the door, where the suspect additionally stabbed one, Zaharaddeen Adamu, on his left hand.”
Wakil said policemen rescued the suspect from mob action and refered the victims to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi.
He noted that the commercial sex worker was certified dead by a medical doctor while the corpse had been deposited at the morgue.
The police spokesman said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect and the deceased met on Facebook early this year.
Wakil added that the investigation further showed that the teenager debited N400,000 from his father’s bank account to spend good time with his girlfriend.
He said the police recovered a knife at the crime scene, adding the suspect would be charge to court upon the completion of the investigation.
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