The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested two suspects, Bashir Alaba “31yrs” and Mohammad Jamiu “36yrs”, in connection with the murder of a 14 year old teenager in Ekiti state.
This was disclosed by SP Abutu Sunday, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ekiti State Command in a press release which was made available to news men on Monday.
The statement reads;
Murder of a 14yrs old girl in Emure-Ekiti;
Two suspects arrested
Investigation in progress
“On 9th February, 2025 at about 19:10hrs, one Moses Toyin of Odo-Emure Street, Emure-Ekiti, came in distress to Emure Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that her husband, one Moses Joshua, before embarking on a journey to Oka Akoko in Ondo State, instructed their daughter, one MOSES FAITH, to go check his trap in his farm along Okeseri Road, Emure-Ekiti. According to her, while Moses Faith was going to the farm to check the trap, she went with her younger brother, one Moses Testimony “5yrs”.
On getting to the farm, information from the younger brother who escaped from the scene has it that two men accosted them and threatened to either have carnal knowledge of Moses Faith or kill her. She refused and struggled with with them and in the process, they brought out two cutlasses, slit her throat and cut off her right hand.
Upon the receipt of the information, Police operatives from Emure Division swung into action and cordon off the farm.
Two suspects, one Bashir Alaba “31yrs” and Mohammad Jamiu “36yrs”, were arrested very close to the scene of crime with two cutlasses suspected to have been used for the heinous act. Investigation in progress”.
