Adamawa: Sex worker stabs bartender to death over N200 change

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In Adamawa State, one Riyanatu Musa, a sex worker, has allegedly killed a bartender following an altercation over N200 liquor change.

The suspect has since been arrested by the state police command over the incident which happened in Mubi South LGA.

She was said to have stabbed the bartender, Yohanna Musa, to death in a fit of anger after a disagreement ensued between the duo over the N200 balance the bartender was supposed to collect from her.

Riyanatu Musa confessed to committing the crime, she told the police that she had collected dry gin known as ‘Big Ben’ and one other drink from Yohana Musa and promised to pay the following day, saying that she paid N1,500 remaining the balance of N200.

She disclosed that the fight ensued between her and the victim when he demanded for his money and amid the scuffle, she stabbed him with a knife in the chest.

She denied insinuation that she stabbed Yohana under the influence of liquor, stressing that she did not take the drinks that fateful day.

She expressed regret over her action, but the state Police Public Relations, SP Suleiman Nguroje has said the Commissioner of Police, Morris Dankombo, has ordered further investigation into the matter and warned members of the public from taking the law into their own hands.

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