The Edo state police command has arrested a 16-year-old girl accused of killing her ex-boyfriend and four other persons.
The lifeless bodies of the five young persons allegedly
poisoned by the lady were found in a room in Afashio Community, Uzairue, Etsako
West LGA.
The suspect was alleged to have mixed a poisonous substance
into pepper soup meant for her ex-boyfriend, who unknowingly shared it with his
friends.
In a statement, Moses Joel Yamu, the Edo state police spokesperson, said they received a distress call on October 29, indicating that the accused lady was about to be lynched by some young men from the community.
Yamu said the police arrived and rescued the suspect. He
added that the case was transferred to the state criminal investigation
department for “discrete investigation”.
“The command received a report on 26/10/2024 at about
0730hrs, from one Mr Elogie Ezekiel of Afashio community, that at about 0630hrs
of same date, he went to check his son named Emmanuel Elogie 19yrs at his
apartment,” the statement reads in part.
“That upon gaining entrance into the apartment, he met the
lifeless body of his son’s friend named Nurudeen surname not known ‘m’ at the
corridor, he went further and met the lifeless bodies of his son with his
girlfriend Ada Samuel ‘f’ 16yrs on the bed in the bedroom, while another two
(2) of the son’s friends named Samuel Ayegwalo and Jeffrey Ayegwalo who turned
out to be siblings found in the sitting room. They were evacuated to the
hospital where the Doctor confirmed them dead.
“On 29/10/2024 at
about 1710hrs, operatives of Jattu Division received information that a girl
later identified as Aisha Suleiman ‘f’ 16yrs alleged to have caused the death
of Emmanuel Elogie and four (4) others with food poison was about to be lynched
by some young men from the community.
“They mobilised to the scene, rescued the suspect to the
Station and the case was transferred next day to the State Criminal
Investigation Department for discrete investigation.”
Umoru Peter Ozigi, the Edo state police commissioner, also
directed that no stone be left unturned to establish the cause of deaths.
He warned against jungle justice, emphasizing that the law
will take its course.
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