28-year-old woman stabs boyfriend to death over N1, 500 in Bayelsa

A 28-year-old woman has stabbed to death her 21-year-old boyfriend in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, over an argument on a missing N1, 500.

The accused, Ebiere Ezekiel, a hairdresser, has been dating the deceased, Godgift Aboh for over 12 months and was reported to have stabbed him to death after being slapped for daring to ask him for her missing money.

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Ezekiel, who told newsmen while being paraded by the Bayelsa State Police Command along with 26 others charged with various crimes including kidnapping, murder, burglary and stealing and vandalism of high tension wire, said she regretted stabbing her boyfriend in the stomach during the argument.

The Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State, Mr Mike Okoli, while parading the suspects, also paraded one Iniobong Maffat who allegedly conspired with his gang members to rob one Mr Ngene Chinedu.

The suspects, according to Mr Okoli, allegedly robbed the victim of his company’s Toyota Corolla car loaded with pharmaceutical drugs worth six hundred and fifty thousand naira along the Sani Abacha Expressway, Yenagoa.

He said an investigation by a team of Operation Puff Adder led to the arrest of the suspect at a hotel in Uyo.

The Police commissioner said the command also arrested one Gigi Christopher, Kingsley Okulolo, Godbless Raymond and Vivian Christopher for alleged burglary and stealing at a shop in Amarata.

Items recovered include, one locally made single barrel gun, one sumec fireman generator, one elepaq generator, 43 inches LG TV, 32 inches LG led TV, a 24 inches LG TV and an invoice.

Mr Okoli, who said the suspects have confessed to the crime, appealed to members of the public to continue to support the police with useful information to reduce crime in the society.