Esther Paul was detained by the Lagos State Police Command for reportedly stabbing her boyfriend, Sadiq Dahiru, to death on Amusa Street, Agungi, in the Lekki region of the state.
PUNCH Metro learned that Dahiru’s stepfather, Kazeem Obafunso, reported the incident to the Ilasan Police Station after being informed that his stepson had been stabbed by his girlfriend.
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It was learned that police officers assigned to the investigation transported Dahiru to Evercare Hospital, where the on-duty physician confirmed his death.InformationGuideNigeria
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, stated that Paul had been arrested and that Dahiru’s body had been sent to the IDH mortuary in the Yaba area of the state for an autopsy.JAMB Portal
He added, “Preliminary investigation is ongoing; the case will be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, Yaba, for further investigation.”
Meanwhile, Hudenyin, in a statement on Sunday, confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo, for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old boy, identified simply as Bright, in the Ejigbo area of the state.
Hundeyin said, “Following painstaking investigation and intelligence gathering into the abduction of a three-year-old boy, Bright, on October 27, 2022, in the Ejigbo area of Lagos State, detectives of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lagos State Command, have arrested one serial kidnapper, Joy Kolapo.NYSC Portal
“The suspect was arrested in the Omi Adio area of Oyo State on November 12, 2022 with another victim, one Moses, 7, whom she had kidnapped in the Olopo Meta area of Oyo state.
“Investigation led to the rescue of Bright in Akute area of Ogun State the same day the suspect was arrested.”