Saturday, 22 June 2019

Police arrest Katsina DPO for killing his girlfriend’s pregnant maid

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- The Nigeria Police on Friday, June 21, arrested a DPO in Mashi local government area of 

Katsina for allegedly killing his girlfriend's maid - Garba Talawai was said to have killed and 

dumped 16-year-old pregnant Rabi Abdullahi in a bush path before depositing her at the Primary 

Health centre following report by the area councillor - According to the Police, preliminary

 investigation has indicted the DPO for concealment of facts to the possible cause of death of the deceased.


The police on Friday, June 20, arrested a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) attached to Mashi local 

government area, Garba Talawai, for the killing of his girlfriend's maid, Rabi Abdullahi. Daily Trust 

reports that Talawai allegedly killed Abdullahi, 16, at about 12.00 hrs on Friday in Mashi local government area.

confirming the report, the spokesperson for the Katsina state police command, Gambo Isah, said 

the councillor of the area had made a report to the suspected DPO that a corpse was seen along

 a bush path in Mashi. It was gathered that Talawai after receiving the report went the the bush 

path, evacuated the corpse to the Primary Health Centre in the area. He said the body was later 

identified as Abdullahi after one of the health staff on duty to identify the corpse as having been 

brought the previous day dead by the same DPO along with one other policeman yet to be 

identified inside a red Toyota Carina II. Isah said: "The deceased was later identified as a 

housemaid to one Sadiya Alhaji Danyaya, a girlfriend of the DPO." He also said that Sadiya 

confirmed that she reported to the DPO that the girl was missing since 19 June after she rebuked 

her for carrying an unwanted pregnancy and for sleeping outside the house. The Police 

Spokesperson said preliminary investigation has indicted the DPO for concealment of facts to the possible cause of death of the deceased.

Source:Legit.ng

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