Operatives of the Borno Police Command have arrested a 25 year old housewife, Fatima Abubakar for allegedly killing her husband identified as Goni Abbah, with poison.
This was disclosed by the state commissioner of police, Mr Abdu Umar, in an interview with newsmen on Sunday. He stated that the suspect was arrested on October 19 by men of the Command at Anguwan Doki.
Umar disclosed that the victim, who was the Chief Imam of the area, returned from the mosque when the suspect, who was the second wife, allegedly mixed poison in his food.
He further revealed that as soon as Goni started eating, his condition deteriorated and the victim was immediately rushed to the State Specialist Hospital where he was given emergency medical attention, but unfortunately, he later died when they returned home.
As expected, men from the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department were immediately deployed to arrest the suspect after the incident was reported by the victim’s family. However, on arrival at the home of the deceased, the police saw a mob who intended to lynch the suspect but they were able to bring the situation under control.
In her statement, the suspect confessed to the alleged crime, noting that she bought the poison from Monday Market when she already made up her mind to kill him.
Fatima, who was paraded at the command, said that she killed her husband because she was tired of the marriage. In her words, she said, “I never wanted the marriage. Goni was my second husband; I got separated from my first husband because I hate marriage.“Anytime I wake up with the fact that I am married, it pisses me off.
At some point, I had to run to my parent to demand an end to the marriage but they always sent me back, asking me to be patient.
“At some point, two months after I gave birth to my child, I ran away and slept in an uncompleted building for about two weeks. I later returned to my husband’s house.
“Not that he doesn’t treat me well, we are also not quarrelling. We are two in the household, I am his second wife and I have been married to him since 2021. But I just hate when any man comes near me.
“I don’t really know what is wrong with me. Even now that I am speaking to you, I don’t really feel that I was the one who killed him, she said as she broke down in tears.
The police said that the case had been registered as a culpable homicide before the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions before she would be charged in court.
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