Bauchi—Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 30-year-old man, identified as
Nasiru Usman Banki, and a lady over the death of his girlfriend in Bauchi.
Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the
incident to newsmen in Bauchi, said the deceased, known as Iklima Alhassan,
aged 28, and an indigene of Bukuru village in Plateau State, visited her
boyfriend, Nasiru, who resides at Rafin Makaranta area, behind Awala Hotel in
Bauchi.
He said trouble started when the deceased met another lady, Fatima Baba Isa,
22, of Makera ward in her boyfriend’s apartment, a situation that allegedly
resulted in a fight between the two women.
Mohammed said: “On August 9, at about 12:50a.m., an uncon-scious young
lady was found along Maiduguri by-pass, near Awalah Roundabout, Bauchi.
“The police patrol team attached to Tafawa Balewa Housing Estate Division
visited the scene and rushed the victim to ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi,
were she was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor and the corpse was
deposited in the mortuary for post-mortem examination.”
The police spokesman said the deceased’s boyfriend and the other lady were
arrested and were assisting the Police with useful information that could help
ascertain the cause of her death.