Girl stabs boyfriend to death over N3, 000

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 18 year old girl, Idowu Abosede for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend,  Aliyu Ibrahim to death over argument on N3,000.

Penpushing reports that, the Command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement said, the suspect was arrested following a distress call received from Seriki Huasa in Shagamu that the suspect and her deceased boyfriend were arguing over the sum of N3,000

The Seriki Hausa told the police that as a result of the argument the duo were  dragging a knife with each other and eventually the girl used the knife to stab the boyfriend on his chest which resulted to his death.

‘On receiving the distress call, the DPO Shagamu, SP Okiki Agunbiade detailed his detectives to the scene where the suspected teenager was apprehended. The blood stained knife which he used to stab the deceased was also recovered’.

‘On interrogation, the suspect claimed that she came to pass the night with the deceased and when she was about going in the morning, she took the sum of N3,000 from the deceased but he was not ready to give her the whole N3,000 and that was what led to argument between them’.

Penpushing further reports that, the suspect  stated that it was the deceased who brought out the knife and while dragging it with him, the knife stabbed him on his chest, while as at the time of filing this report the corpse of the deceased has been released to his relation on their demand to bury him in accordance with Islamic right.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police,  Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.