Hyacinth Chinweuba
The Police in Lagos has arrested a 16 year old girl for allegedly stabbing a 49 years old man to death.
Bala Elkana, spokesman of the Command stated that it all happened on 7/3/2020 at about 1500hrs when Oke Odo Police Station received an information that one Babatunde Ishola ‘male’ 49 years old, a security guard in a school at Aboru, was stabbed to death by one Timilehin Taiwo ‘female’ 16 years of No.10, Olalemide Street, Aboru, an SS3 Student.
Elkana, noted in the press release that the homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oke Odo visited the crime scene at Ogundele Street, Aboru, where the corpse of the man was found lying in his pool of blood.
“The corpse was evacuated to hospital for post mortem examination. The suspect was arrested and the knife she used in stabbing the deceased person was recovered”
“In her statement, the suspect said, the deceased person, who is her father’s friend, invited her to his house to assist him in fetching water, as he lives in the house alone. That she has always been helping him with the house chores”
“That while she was helping out with the water, on 7/3/2020, he attempted raping her. That she picked a knife from the room and stabbed him” Elkana stated.
According to the police, the suspect was taken to hospital for medical and forensic examination and the Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation” Elkana concluded.