A man who claimed he was jilted by his girlfriend for a new lover has landed in Police Net after he allegedly hacked her to death.
Kaduna State police Spokesperson, DSP Muhammad Jalige, who confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday, April 21, 2023, and sent to IgbereTV said the suspect was rescued as he was about being lynched by a mob.
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Jalige said on April 14 that at about 21:30hrs, the Command received a distress call that there was a mob action at NEPA Roundabout in Kaduna metropolis where an unruly crowd were about to lynch a man.
Operatives were immediately mobilised to the scene.
“On getting there they met the suspect lying unconscious and surrounded by a crowd,” he said.
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According to Jalige, information gathered revealed that the suspect attacked his girlfriend of Old Command Secondary and Nursery School, Sokoto Road, Kaduna with a machete and inflicted multiple degrees of injury on her face, arms and hands.
He explained that during the attack the man severed her left hand completely, alleging that he had spent a lot of resources on her and she wanted to dump him for another man.
The victim was rushed to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, for treatment where a doctor on duty confirmed she was d£ad.
“The corpse of the lady has been deposited at the same hospital, for an autopsy,” Jalige said.
The PPRO said investigation was ongoing.
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