A 28-year old lady, Nanchin Zachariah, has been allegedly strangled to death by her suitor after she refused to go out with him on Valentine’s Day, the deceased family told Daily Trust on Tuesday.
According to the family members, Nanchin was found dead in her apartment in the slums of Nasarawa-Gwom, at about past 8am, shortly after the suspect, whose first name was Dele, visited and left in a hurry.
Shem Paul, a relative of the deceased told Daily Trust at the family residence in Etubaba area of Jos, Plateau state where sympathizers had gathered, that his late sister had long rejected the suspect, who is now in police custody after he was arrested in connection with the murder.
“He has been coming around, insisting she must date him. She refused. On Valentine’s Day, he requested that she go out with him. Again, she refused. On the day she died, he had visited in the morning while the girl was completing her house chores. She invited him in. After sometime, he rushed out,” another relative said.
He said Dele informed the deceased’s landlady that her tenant was sleeping after he allegedly gave her a drug to treat her fever.
“The landlady was surprised that Nanchin would fall ill only minutes after she looked healthy, and was seen doing her house chores. So, she rushed in to speak with her, only to find out she was lifeless,” the relative said, adding that the alarm raised by the landlady attracted concerned persons and the relatives, who later invited the police for intervention.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Emmanuel Abu confirmed that a suspect is in detention at the Jos Area Command, in connection with murder of Nanchin.
“Investigation is still ongoing, but the suspect is suspected to have strangled the lady to death because she had refused going out with him on Valentine’s Day,” DSP Abuh said.
He declined to state details including giving the suspect’s name.

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Do or die affair. May God have mercy on us all.