Police arrest two for killing 14-year-old in Ekiti
The Ekiti State Command has arrested two persons over the killing of a 14-year-old girl, Faith Moses, at Emure Ekiti in the the Emure Local Government area of Ekiti State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, , Sunday Abutu, said in a statement in Ado Ekiti on Monday that the suspects, who had initially wanted to rape the girl, slit her throat on a farm following her struggle with them.
Abutu said, “The two suspects, one Bashir Alaba, 31 years, and Mohammad Jamiu, 36 years, were arrested very close to the scene of the crime with two cutlasses suspected to have been used for the heinous act. Investigation in progress”.
Narrating how the incident happened, the police spokesperson said, “On February 9, 2025, at about 19:10 hours, one Toyin Moses of Odo-Emure Street, Emure-Ekiti, came in distress to Emure Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that her husband, one Joshua Moses, before embarking on a journey to Oka Akoko in Ondo State, instructed their daughter, Faith Moses, to go check his trap in his farm along Okeseri Road, Emure-Ekiti.
“According to her, while the girl went to the farm to check the trap, she went with her younger brother, a five-year-old Testimony Moses.
“On getting to the farm, information from the younger brother who escaped from the scene has it that two men accosted them and threatened to either have carnal knowledge of Faith Moses or kill her.
“She refused and struggled with them and in the process, they brought out two cutlasses, slit her throat, and cut off her right hand.
“Upon receiving the information, Police operatives from Emure Division swung into action and cordoned off the farm and arrested the two suspects in the process,” Abutu averred.
