The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a Divisional Police Officer attached to Mashi Local Government, Mr Garba Talawai, and his girlfriend, Sadiyya Alhaji Danyaya, over the death of their 16-year-old home help. The command said this in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina. “A councillor in Mashi Local Government Area, Abubakar Haruna, reported to the DPO Garba Talawai that a corpse was seen at a bush path in Mashi. “Later, the corpse was identified as that of Rabi Abdullahi, 16, a housemaid to one Sadiyya Alhaji Danyaya, a girlfriend of the DPO. He further said that both the DPO and his girlfriend were helping detectives to unravel the circumstances surrounding the young girl’s death.

Source: Punch June 22, 2019 16:07 UTC