A Chinese lover boy, Geng Quanrong, has been arrested by the police in Kano State over the murder of a 22-year-old girlfriend, Ummakulsum Sani Buhari. Sani Buhari was said to have been stabbed to death by Geng Quanrong at Janbulo quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area, Kano State.
The PPRO of the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed that the incident occurred at about 10.00pm on Friday when the Chinese visited his lover at her parent’s residence located adjacent to the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) office.
The PPRO in a statement on Saturday narrated: “On 16/09/2022 at about 2200hrs, a report was received from Janbulo Quarters Kano that, one Geng Quanrong, ‘m’, 47 years old, of Nassarawa GRA Quarters, Kano, a Chinese national, went to the residence of his girlfriend, one Ummukulsum Sani, ‘f’, 22 years old, had a misunderstanding with her, as a result, he attacked her with a sharp knife inflicting deep cut on her neck and some other parts of her body.
“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Abubakar Lawal, FDC mobilised a team of policemen led by SP Ibrahim Hamma, Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Dorayi Babba Division to the scene.
“The victim was rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, where a medical doctor confirmed her dead. The suspect was immediately arrested.”
The PPRO said that the Commissioner of Police in Kano State had “directed that case be transferred to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Homicide Section for discreet investigation”.