confirmed the incident to newsmen in Bauchi, said the deceased, known as
Iklima Alhassan, aged 28, and an indigene of Bukuru village in Plateau
State, visited her boyfriend, Nasiru, who resides at Rafin Makaranta
area, behind Awala Hotel in Bauchi.
He said trouble started when
the deceased met another lady, Fatima Baba Isa, 22, of Makera ward in
her boyfriend’s apartment, a situation that allegedly resulted in a
fight between the two women.
Mohammed said:
“On August 9, at about 12:50a.m., an uncon-scious young lady was found
along Maiduguri by-pass, near Awalah Roundabout, Bauchi.“The police
patrol team attached to Tafawa Balewa Housing Estate Division visited
the scene and rushed the victim to ATBU Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, were
she was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor and the corpse was
deposited in the mortuary for post-mortem examination.”
The police spokesman said the deceased’s boyfriend and the other lady
were arrested and were assisting the Police with useful information that
could help ascertain the cause of her death.