The Edo State Police Command has detained a 16-year-old lady, Aisha Suleiman, who’s accused of fatally poisoning her ex-boyfriend, recognized as Emmanuel, and 4 different younger males in Afashio neighborhood within the Etsako West Native Authorities Space of Edo State.
The tragic discovery was reported on October 26, 2024, when Emmanuel’s father, Mr Elogie Ezekiel, arrived at his son’s condo round 6:30 a.m. that day and noticed some lifeless our bodies in the home.
Ezekiel reportedly discovered the physique of a younger man, Nurudeen, within the hall.
Transferring additional into the condo, he found Emmanuel, 19, and his girlfriend, recognized as Ada Samuel, additionally 16, mendacity lifeless on the bed room mattress.
Two different pals of Emmanuel’s, Samuel and Jeffrey Ayegwalo, each siblings, had been discovered unresponsive within the sitting room.
All 5 had been instantly transported to the hospital, the place docs pronounced them useless on arrival.
Some sources within the space famous that the victims had simply consumed a pot of pepper soup ready by Suleiman for the 5 pals.
The investigation took a major flip three days later when police acquired a report that Suleiman, who was alleged to have poisoned the victims, was about to be lynched by a bunch of younger males from the neighborhood.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, informed our correspondent on Friday that cops from the Jattu Division had been rapidly mobilised to the scene, intervened, and transported Suleiman safely to the station.
“The case has been transferred to the State Legal Investigation Division to conduct an intensive investigation,” Yamu added.
In the meantime, the Commissioner of Police, CP Umoru Ozigi, has ordered an in depth investigation, instructing officers to pursue each doable result in decide the true reason behind loss of life within the case.
He additionally warned towards any type of mob motion, urging the neighborhood to permit the police to hold out their duties. CP Ozigi reassured the general public that justice could be pursued diligently.
