Joy Anyim
An 18- year-old girl, Idowu Abosede, has allegedly stabbed her boyfriend, Aliyu Ibrahim, to death, over his refusal to part with the sum of N3, 000.
It was gathered that Abosede, who had gone to pass the night at the deceased’s house in Shagamu, Ogun State, last Friday, had requested for the said amount when she was about to leave on Saturday morning.
While Ibrahim declined the request, the suspect was said to have reached for her lover’s wallet, where she collected the money. Angered by the act, the deceased had insisted Abosede returned the money, but she refused.
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This resulted in a heated argument. The late Ibrahim was said to have picked a knife to scare the suspect, but in an attempt to snatch the knife from him, Abosede had stabbed Ibrahim on the chest, which resulted in his death.
Commenting on the incident which was reported to the police by the Seriki Hausa in Shagamu, the Ogun Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the corpse of the deceased had been released to the family for burial, according to Islamic rites.
Oyeyemi, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), 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, as a result of which they were dragging a knife, 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 Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Shagamu Police Station, Okiki Agunbiade, a Superintendent of Police, 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.
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“ She further stated that it was the deceased who brought out the knife and while dragging it with him, the knife stabbed him on his chest. The corpse of the deceased has been released to his relation on their demand to bury him in accordance with Islamic right. ”
Oyeyemi also stated that the State Commissioner of Police, CP Kenneth Ebrimson has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), for further investigation and prosecution.