A Chinese citizen, identified as Geng Quarong, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a 22-year-old woman to death in Kano State.
Gatekeepers News reports that Kano State Police Spokesperson, Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the incident happened at about 10pm on Friday.
Kiyawa said that Quarong, went to the house of UmmulKhultum Sani at Janbulo quarters away from his residence in Nassarawa GRA in the state.
Reports gathered say that Geng was Ummita’s boyfriend for about three years before she got married to someone else in February 2022.
Kiyawa also said the victim was the suspect’s girlfriend and that the suspect attacked the victim with a sharp knife after they had what is referred to as a ‘misunderstanding’.
“She was his girlfriend. The incident happened yesterday at about 10pm on the 16th of September, 2022,” Kiyawa said.
“In the evening, we received the report saying a Chinese man, by the name Geng Kwaron, a 47-year-old man, residing in Nassarawa GRA in Kano, went to the residence of his girlfriend, one Ummulkhultum Sani, 22-year-old, at Janbulo quarters in Kano state.”
“When they had a misunderstanding, he attacked her with a sharp knife and inflicted a deep cut on her neck and other parts of her body.”
“On receipt of this report, Abubakar Lawal, Kano state commissioner of police, mobilised police operatives to the scene. The victim was rushed to Murtala Mohammad Specialist Hospital in Kano state where a medical doctor confirmed her dead.”
“The suspect was immediately arrested and the case has been transferred to the homicide section, criminal investigation department of the command, and investigation is in progress. ”
Meanwhile, Nigerians have taken to social media to demand justice for the 22-year-old, with #JusticeForUmmita currently trending on Twitter.
