The disclosure was made by the commissioner of police in the state, Mr Damian Chukwu, while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri.
He said that Needy’s corpse was found with her throat slit in a toilet at Galaxy Hotel in Galadima Area of Maiduguri metropolis on March 25. A hotel staff, Onyeka Ogbonna, discoverred the body.
Accordingto Chukwu, the matter was reported to police on March 26. He listed suspects in the murder of the commercial sex worker as Yakubu Luka, 39, and Amelia Ka’anfsa, 26.
The commissioner explained that Luka, a security guard at the hotel, was on duty at the time of the incident, while Ka’anfsa was an immediate neighbour to the deceased.
Chukwu said the suspects were assisting the police in the investigation.
(Punch)
