Increase in domestic violence and sexual assaults are being recorded across the country during the lockdown declared by the government in a bid to curb coronavirus pandemic. Bauchi has recorded one death as dispute between a young housewife and her husband ended fatal.
According Datti Assalafiy, who shared photos of the deceased and the suspect on Saturday April 25, the incident happened in Itas-Gadau Local Government Area of the state. He wrote;
In the same time the Muslims of the world started fasting for the month of Ramadan, another woman killed her husband until the hereafter by the way she was a knife
This is a terrible thing that happened in itas-Gadau Bauchi state
May God forgive him
See photos below,
Other photos are graphic, see here: PHOTO 1, PHOTO 2
In other news, The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response has revealed that the number of domestic and sexual abuse cases being reported daily has increased by as much as 50% since the Coronavirus lockdown started in the state.