The police in Bayelsa State are keeping a 17-year-old boy identified as Lucky Okuboi over the death of his 14-year-old girlfriend in Yenagoa.
Bayelsa Police Command spokesperson, ASP Musa Mohammed, disclosed that investigations are ongoing to determine the cause of the young girl’s death in a hotel room where the suspect confessed that he took her with the intention of having sex with the girl identified as Shallon Ebitare. Her distraught father James Ebitari has called on the police to speed up investigations and also conduct an autopsy to find out the cause of death.
“The suspect claimed that the deceased went to the bathroom to take her bath but fell, in which she sustained injuries,” said ASP Musa Mohammed
“Sequel to this, he invited the Hotel Manager who assisted in taking the deceased to Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa where she was confirmed dead by a Medical Doctor on duty.
“Meanwhile, the suspect is in custody at the SCID, Yenagoa while investigation continues with a view to ascertain the cause of death.”
