A 40-year-old man, Nuhu Usman, has been arrested by the police for killing one of his two wives after mistaking her for his son who allegedly threatened to harm him.
The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, who said this in a statement on Friday, said the suspect shot the deceased with a dane gun in Dangarga Village, Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of the state.
According to Wakil, the victim was rushed to the hospital where she was certified dead by a medical doctor.
The PPRO said, “Operatives attached to the command have arrested Nuhu Umar Usman, male (40) of Dangarfa Village via Kyata Burra District Bauchi State.
“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 and this made the suspect load his dane gun and keep 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 state Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan, directed that the suspect be charged to court on completion of the investigation.”
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