The Lagos State Police Command said its operatives have arrested one Babatunde Damilare for allegedly stabbing a commercial sex worker, to death in the Surulere area of the state.
The command identified the sex worker simply as Elochukwu.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Bala Elkana, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday said Damilare and Elochukwu had engaged in a squabble over the amount to be paid for her service when the suspect used a knife to stab her in the neck, resulting to her immediate death.
The statement read: “On Wednesday, November 6, 2019, around 11pm, the Surulere Police Station received information that a commercial sex worker, identified as Elochukwu, engaged her customer, Babatunde Damilare, in a fight over the price of sex at the Edo Inn, No. 17 Atan Street, Empire, Surulere.
During the scuffle, the said Babatunde Damilare picked a knife and stabbed Elochukwu in her neck, which led to her death on the spot.
“The suspect was arrested by homicide detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer, Surulere, CSP Adebayo Adeoya. The corpse of the deceased was evacuated and deposited in the Mainland Hospital morgue, Yaba, for autopsy. An investigation is ongoing. The suspect will be charged.”
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In another development, Elkana said a 35-year-old man, Bunmi Adeyemi, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl in the Bariga area of the state.
The suspect according to the PPRO had confessed to the crime.
He said the victim had been taken to the Mirabel Centre for examination and treatment.
“On Tuesday, November 5, 2019, around 4.15pm, the Bariga Police Station arrested one Bunmi Adeyemi, 35, of No. 8 Alhaji Alake Street, Bariga, for defiling a five-year-old girl. The suspect was arrested by a team of detectives from the Family Support Unit and has confessed to the crime.
“The victim was taken to the Mirabel Centre in Ikeja for treatment and forensic examination. The command’s Gender Unit has taken over the investigation and the suspect will be charged,” Elkana explained in the statement.
Furthermore, he disclosed that operatives of the Operation Crush unit of the command have arrested some suspected members of the Aiye Confraternity for terrorising the Bariga area of the state.
They were arrested on November 9, 2019, around 8.15pm.
He said the suspects, who were allegedly responsible for a series of murders and armed robberies in Bariga and environs, and who been on the wanted list of the police for the murder of one Fashola in the Pedro area were arrested following sustained monitoring.
He gave the names of the suspects Fatai Nofui, aka Itape, 28, and one Qudus Kazeem, aka, Bobo.
“The suspects were arrested in Ebute in Bariga, following sustained monitoring. They are members of the Aiye Confraternity with allegiance to their leader, one Mohammed, alias Obama, in Bariga. The gang is responsible for a series of violent attacks, armed robberies and murders in Bariga and environs.
“They are on the police wanted list for the murder of one Fashola on Sunday, November 3, 2019, in the Pedro area of Bariga. Exhibits recovered from them include an axe, an HTC phone, one Nokia phone, and one Itel phone that they snatched from one Amusa Bukola,” he said.
