The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a lawyer, Patricia Etu, over the death of her alleged lover, JohnBosco Onwuzuruike in Lagos.
According to to The Nation, Etu was arrested following allegations of foul play and suspicion raised by the deceased’s sister, Chinyere Onwuzuruike.
Chinyere demanded thorough investigation into the circumstances that led to her brother’s sudden death.
Chinyere, through her lawyers, petitioned the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alabi, after she was informed on November 26, 2022, that her brother had died.
[ruby_related heading=”More Read” total=5 layout=1]According to her, the way the deceased died, the narratives given by Etu who was his lawyer before allegedly becoming his live-in lover and how his body was hurriedly moved to Owerri, Imo State without her seeing him all fuelled her suspicion he could have been murdered.
In other news, 13-year-old child reportedly kidnapped in Ogun by woman who was detained.
A 27-year-old woman identified as Mariam Ayila was on Tuesday, December 20, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly kidnapping a 13-year-old girl, Sofiat Yusau.
The suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Agbara divisional headquarters by one Ismail Yusau, who said that he sent his daughter on an errand to Agbara market at about 11 am of the day.
Only to receive a strange call some hours after from an unknown person, who informed him that his daughter had been kidnapped and that if he didn’t send the sum of N250,000 as ransom, he would never set his eyes on the girl again.
Upon the report, the DPO Agbara division, CSP Abiodun Salau, mobilized his Crack Detectives, who embarked on technical and intelligence-based investigation.
Their efforts yielded positive results when the suspect was traced to her hideout at Atan ota area, where she was promptly arrested and the little girl was rescued unhurt.
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect had earlier kidnapped a young girl at Itele Ota area on the 19th of December 2022, and ransom paid to her before she released her victim.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be handed over to the Anti kidnapping unit of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and prosecution.
