A 22-year-old lady, Ummakulsum Sani Buhari, has been allegedly stabbed to death by her Chinese lover, Geng Quanrong, at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kano.
The incident took place at about 10 pm on
Friday after the Chinese man came to see the lady at her parent’s residence
located adjacent to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement
Agency (NESREA) office.
The spokesman of the Kano Police Command,
Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, confirmed the incident.
“On 16/09/2022 at about 2200hrs, a report
was received from Janbulo Quarters Kano that, one Geng Quanrong, ‘m’, 47 years
old, of Nassarawa GRA Quarters Kano, a Chinese national, went to the residence
of his girlfriend, one Ummukulsum Sani, ‘f’, 22 years old, had a
misunderstanding with her, as a result, he attacked her with a sharp knife
inflicting deep cut on her neck and some other parts of her body,” he said in a
statement on Saturday.
“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner
of Police, Kano State Command, CP Abubakar Lawal, FDC mobilised a team of
policemen led by SP Ibrahim Hamma, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Dorayi
Babba Division to the scene.
“The victim was rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where a medical doctor confirmed her dead. The suspect was immediately arrested.”
He quoted the commissioner to have
“directed that case had been transferred to the command’s Criminal
Investigation Department (CID), Homicide Section for discreet investigation”.