A former solider, identified as Sunday Umaru has been arrested by men of
the Plateau State police command for killing his girlfriends 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) allegedly, stabbed one Miss Charity
Thomas in the stomach until she died around Riyom local government area
of Plateau State.
Our correspondent gathered that the soldier was
dismissed by the army on account of the action and handed over to the
police for prosecution.
Parading the suspect before newsmen on
Monday in Jos, the Police Commissioner in the state, Mr. Adekunle
Oladunjoye said the suspect had invited the victim from Kaduna to stay
with him, but while going through her phone saw some text messages from
other men.
CP Oladunjoye said the suspect has been charged to court.
Also
paraded by the Police boss was one Dabung David Dele who strangled to
death, Nanchi Zakariya, a Psychology student of the University of Jos.
” The suspect on interrogation owned up to the crime,” he said,
“The case has been charged to court for Justice to prevail. “
Also
paraded were four suspected kidnappers and a notorious car snatcher
identified as Aqwan Moses from whom four cars were recovered.
“On
23rd of February 2016 at about 20.00hours, 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 on the right rib with a knife ,
thereafter , he used an axe to dismember her two hands, ” Oladunjoye
said.
“He has confessed to the crime and the suspect will soon
appear in court when the SCID investigating the case has completed the
investigation .
“Similarly on the 28th of January 2016 , Police
detectives from the SCID arrested one Godwin Banchir of Bassa LGA aged
34 years , who hit his mother , Saratu Banchir on the head to death over
a disagreement between them , the case has been charged to court “.
Similarly,
one Mary Bassey of Angwan Ceto, Zaira road and Solomon Sunday of Buyo
village of Bassa LGA has been arrested in connection with fake currency
circulating in Jos, Oladunjoye said.
During investigation, the
suspects confessed that they were given the fake currency notes of
different denominations by one Muhammed Jaafar of Isheme Lere LGA of
Kaduna, who was subsequently arrested, the suspects during interrogation
confessed to the crime and will soon be charged to court when
investigation is concluded.
The CP called on members of the
public to be weary and cautious about these dubious people as the fake
currency notes have already being circulated by the criminals.
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