Peter Nielsen, husband of murdered Nigerian artiste, Alizee arrested and remanded


Peter Nielsen, has been arrested for the murder of his Nigerian wife and musician, Ali Zainab 'Alizee', and their four-year-old daughter.

The Italian has been the number one suspect since news of Alizee's death broke. Mother and daughter were murdered in the family’s residence at Ocean Parade, Banana Island, in the early hours of Thursday.

While details of the killing are incomplete , the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Chike Oti, confirmed the incident as well as the arrest of the suspect for murder. He is currently remanded at Ikoyi police station pending his transfer to state C.I.D.

He said, “The state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, has ordered the arrest of the suspect and he is in police custody. It is pre-emptive now to ascertain the cause of the incident.

The CP has dispatched crime scene investigators to the place to pick evidences for analysis, which can be used for prosecution.

The command has also written the Italian Embassy that the police are investigating the case.” The corpses have also been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy.


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