35-yr-old barber kills and buries woman in rape attempt

The Police Command in Kano state has arrested one Shamsu Isah, a 35-year-old barber, for alleged rape and murder attempt of 21-year-old Rejoice Isaac, at the Karkasara Quarters in Kano Metropolis.


According to Punch, Isah allegedly
murdered Isaac on August 3 and
buried her corpse in an uncompleted building at the quarters.

Confirming the arrest, the Kano State
Police Command Public Relations
Officer, Magaji Majiya, said after Isah
was arrested, he took police officers
to the building were he buried the
deceased.

“The suspect confessed to burying
Isaac but denied killing her. He had
attempted to rape her but as she was trying to run away, she was hit by a wood on the head and that led to her death,” the police PPRO said.

“We invited doctors from the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital to conduct autopsy on the deceased’s body. We are now waiting for the result,” Majiya added.

Majiya noted that the Kano State
Police Commissioner, Rabi’u Yusuf,
ordered that Isah be transferred
from the Special Anti-kidnapping
Unit to the Criminal Investigation
Department for appropriate investigation.

“The suspect is currently with the
police undergoing interrogation to
ascertain the cause of the deceased’s death,” the PPRO concluded.