An
ex-soldier, identified as Sunday Umaru, has been arrested by the Plateau State
Police Command for killing his girlfriend after he saw some text messages on
her phone.
Sunday,
who served in the 3rd Armoured Division of the Nigerian Army, but attached to
Sector 7 of Operation Save Haven, Jos (OPSH), was alleged to have stabbed
his lover, Charity Thomas, in the stomach in the Riyom Local Government
Area, which led to her death
It
was gathered that the soldier was dismissed by the army for the action and
handed over to the police for prosecution.
Parading
the suspect on Monday, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adekunle
Oladunjoye, said the suspect had invited the victim from Kaduna State to stay
with him,
He
said, “While going through her phone, he saw some text messages from other men
which made him lose his temper.”
Oladunjoye
said the suspect had been charged to court.
Also
paraded was one Dabung David, who allegedly strangled to death one Nanchi
Zakariya, a Psychology student of a university in the state.
The
CP said, “The suspect during interrogation owned up to the crime. The case has
been charged to court for justice to prevail.”
Four
suspected kidnappers and a notorious car snatcher, Aqwan Moses, from whom four
cars were recovered, were also paraded.
The
CP said, “On February 23, 2016, at about 8pm, one Mambur Vongtau, the
husband of Hauwa Bali, now late, went to her father’s house and lured her out
of the compound and stabbed her in the right rib. Thereafter, he used an axe to
cut her two hands.
“Similarly,
on January 28, 2016, detectives from the SCID arrested one Godwin Banchir of
the Bassa LGA, who hit his mother, Saratu Banchir, on the head over a
disagreement between them. The mother died and the case has been charged to
court.”
The
CP also called on members of the public to be cautious of dubious people.
He
explained that fake currency notes were being circulated by criminals.
He
said there would be no hiding place for criminals in the state as the command
had intensified efforts to checkmate criminals.
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