A man has meted out the most heinous form of punishment to his lover on Valentine's Day for allegedly turning down his request.
A student of Psychology Department of University of Jos, Miss
Zakariah Nanchin, has been reportedly killed by a man believed to be her
lover, for purportedly turning down his Valentine Day’s outing
invitation.
Nanchin was allegedly strangled to death by her lover, one Badung
David Dele on Monday, the day after Valentine at her Angwa Rukuba
apartment in Jos.
According to The Nation, Dele was said to have reached out to
Nanchin apparently to settle their differences and invited her out for
Valentine. The deceased reportedly declined the invitation.
A source, close to the duo, said they have been in an intimate
relationship for quite some time until a misunderstanding set in shortly
before the last Valentine day. However, Nanchin allegedly felt that
there was no basis for any dating between them having parted for some
time.
Dele was said to have stormed Nanchin’s apartment the following
morning and demanded an explanation why she failed to make the
outing. He reportedly grabbed her by the neck and strangled her to death
after which he left the apartment and reportedly told a neighbour he
met outside that he wanted to go and get some medicine for his ‘ill’ friend.
He was said to have given his phone number to the neighbour, a woman, and asked her to call him in case of any emergency.
Reports say the woman perceived something fishy had transpired, so
she proceeded to Nanchin’s room only to find her lying down on her bed
unconscious.
The woman, simply identified as Mama Joy, said “I called her name but she did not respond so I moved closer and I discovered that she was dead.
“I ran out, screaming to alert the people around. I was shocked that the boy managed to kill this girl without a gun. There was no blood on her body,” Mama Joy added.
Confirming the incident, the state Police Public Relations Officer,
PPRO, DSP Abu Emmanuel, said Badung was arrested on the same day.
“After some interrogation, he confessed to have committed the
crime. We are making necessary arrangements to arraign him in court
soon.”
Emmanuel called out to ladies, cautioning them to be careful who they date.
“Some of these boys are criminals and you might ignorantly fall
into their hands like this girl,” the PPRO said, adding that the body of
the deceased had been transferred from Bingham University Teaching
Hospital to the Jos University Teaching Hospital JUTH for autopsy and
relevant action.
