By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi –
The Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 40-year old man, of Dangarga village in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of the State, for allegedly shooting his wife dead with a dane gun.
Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, who stated this in a press release made available to journalists on Friday, said the suspect, Nuhu Usman, loaded his local gun and kept it by his side while sleeping thinking his eldest son who held grudges against him would come to his room to harm him.
He said that Usman’s wife who was sleeping with him went out to ease herself; and upon her return to the room, was shot on her stomach by her husband who thought it was probably his son that had come into the room to attack him.
Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said that the victim was rushed to the hospital where a medical doctor certified her dead.
He said: “Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect slept in the same room with his wife (deceased) that night, the suspect had two wives and six children. That there was an altercation between the wives, to the extent that the eldest son held grudges against the father and threatened to harm him.
“Prior to that incident, the eldest son threatened the father. This made the suspect load his dane gun and kept it beside him throughout the night waiting for any intruder, possibly his eldest son.
“Investigation revealed that on the 28th December 2022 at about 2.00am while he was sleeping in the same room with his wife, Ladi Nuhu (37) of the same address she went out of the room to ease herself.
“On her way back to the room, the husband woke up and armed himself with the dane gun upon hearing a suspicious move close to his room and directly fired at her in the stomach. As a result, she sustained injury.
“The victim was rushed to the General Hospital Burra, but certified dead by a medical doctor.
The Commissioner of Police CP Aminu Alhassan, directed that the suspect be charged to court on completion of the investigation.”
Furthermore, the Spokesman of the Bauchi Command, said that a 50-year old woman was also arrested by the Command’s operatives for allegedly killing her co-wife.
He said that the suspect, Amina Guguwa, of Miya village, Warji local government area of Bauchi State, strangled her co-wife, Amina Koli (60) following a physical confrontation on 1st January 2023.
“Amina Guguwa, the suspect, criminally used force on the victim by strangling her neck tightly and as a result, she died on the spot.
“On receiving the report, a team of detectives were drafted and rushed to the scene where they evacuated the victim to the General Hospital Ganjuwa for a post-mortem examination where she was certified dead by a medical doctor,” he informed.
According to him, an investigation into the incident is in progress, after which the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.
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