A man identified simply as Kenneth, has been arrested by the Kaduna state Police Command for allegedly hacking his girlfriend to death.
Ebenezer Agada, a 27-year old was killed by his boyfriend after the latter discovered that she was planning to dump him.
He did only killed her, he ensured that Agada was cut into pieces like pieces of cow meat in the market.
It’s yet unknown whether the demised girlfriend has already being going out with another lover, which probably got Kenneth angry the police who arrested Kenneth said it was because of their timely intervention that the killer was not lynched by an angry mob.
According to a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, PRO, the incident happened at NEPA Roundabout area of the state.
The PRO said, “A suspect, who allegedly murdered his girlfriend, has been arrested while about to be lynched by a mob, which would have jeopardised investigations.
“On April 14, 2023, around 9.30pm, a distress call has it that there was a mob action at NEPA Roundabout and that the unruly crowd was about to lynch a suspect.
“Operatives were mobilised to the scene, where they met the suspect lying unconscious and surrounded by the crowd.
“Information gathered reveals that the suspect, Kenneth, surname not yet known, attacked his girlfriend, Ebenezer Agada, 27, of Command Secondary and Nursery School, Sokoto Road, with a machete and inflicted multiple injuries on her face, arms and hands.
“In the process of the attack, he severed her left hand completely, alleging that he had spent a lot on her and she wanted to dump him for another man.
“The victim was rushed to the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital for treatment, where a medical doctor on duty confirmed her dead. The corpse has been deposited at the same hospital for an autopsy.”
The incidents of men killing their girlfriends have spiked in recent times in the country, with relationship experts still searching for what must have been responsible for the ignoble act.
