The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a man, Manaseh Bitrus Jatau, over the killing of his 35-year-old girlfriend, Rebecca Ojonike Jeremiah, following a dispute over a phone call from another woman.
Jeremiah’s lifeless body was found along Mai Angwa Street, Romi, Kaduna, at about 7am on Saturday, September 5, 2026, according to the police.
The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday.
Hassan said the discovery was reported by the Officer-in-Charge of the Romi Outstation, adding that detectives immediately visited the scene
He said, “The lifeless body of the deceased was sighted along Mai Angwa Street, Romi, with cotton wool stuffed in her nose.”
The police spokesman said detectives subsequently rushed Jeremiah to St Gerald Hospital, Kakuri, Kaduna, where a medical doctor confirmed her dead.
He added that the deceased’s remains had been deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy.