Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested a 16-year-old
girl, Timilehin Taiwo, for stabbing a 49-year-old security guard,
Babatunde Ishola, to death at the Aboru area of the state on Saturday
March 7th.
A statement released by the state police command spokesperson, Bala
Elkana today Sunday March 8th, said that at about 3pm on Saturday, men
of the Oke Odo Police Station received an information that one Babatunde
Ishola who was a security guard in a school at Aboru, was stabbed to
death by an SS3 Student.
Homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Oke Odo,
visited the crime scene at Ogundele Street, Aboru, where the corpse of
the man was found lying in a pool of his blood. The suspect was then
arrested and the knife she used in stabbing the deceased person was
recovered, while the corpse was evacuated to the hospital for post
mortem examination.
In her statement, Timilehin told the police that the deceased who is
her father’s friend, invited her to his house to assist him in fetching
water as he lives alone and she had always been helping him with house
chores.
Timilehin said on Saturday while she was helping the deceased, he
attempted to rape her. She said in an attempt to defend herself, she
picked up a knife and stabbed him.
Bala said the state Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Hakeem
Odumosu psc has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the State
Criminal Investigation Department Yaba for discreet investigation.
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