Pickpocket stabs girl to death

A 22-year-old Fulani man, identified as Shehu Sani, yesterday reportedly stabbed a girl, Bateren Okiotodoro, to death at Sabon-Kasua market in Asaba, Delta State.
The suspect, it was gathered, accosted the victim and her friend, one Nkem Egwuonwu, at the market and threatened to kill them with a dagger, if they refused to surrender their bags.
Angered that Bateren refused to yield to the threat, the suspect stabbed her in the back.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
DSP Celestina Kalu, confirmed the incident, saying that the suspect fled the scene after stabbing the lady. She said, “Consequently, the said Shehu Sani stabbed Bateren Okiotodoro snatched the victim’s bag and fled.”
She said Egwuonwu, who was with the victim at the time of the incident, however, recognised the suspect and raised the alarm which attracted Corporal Thompson Eniya and other policemen attached to Department of Operations, Asaba, who were on duty at NNPC Filling Station on Asaba-Benin Expressway to the scene.
The corporal quickly alerted ‘B’ Division Police Station, Asaba and detectives were dispatched to the scene. Kalu said that the victim gave up the ghost while she was being rushed to the hospital for treatment.
She said: “In an effort to effect the immediate arrest of the fleeing suspect, detectives, in the same night, raided the area during which the suspect, Shehu Sani, was fished out and arrested through the cooperation of the Fulani community in the area.”
According to her, the suspect has confessed to the crime and mentioned one Shagari Usman, who has also been arrested, as his accomplice.

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