University student allegedly stabs girlfriend to death

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Police in Edo State have arrested a 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death.

Commissioner of Police in Edo, Muhammed Dankwara, told reporters on Tuesday in Benin that the suspect’s landlord reported the case to the police.

The landlord, he said, told the police that the student stabbed the lady several times in the neck and the chest with a knife.

“Police operatives immediately swung into action, arrested the suspect, recovered two knives, and rushed the victim to the hospital where her body was deposited in a morgue.

“Items recovered from the suspect were two blood-stained knives, two iPhones, one Nokia phone, one laptop, and two ATM cards.