Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested a 56-year-old man, Aminu Abubakar, for allegedly b€ating his wife to d€ath in Shagari Phase 2 Estate, Yola South LGA of the state.
The suspect was said to have att@cked his wife, Nana Fadimatu, 38, on Friday night, May 5, after he heard she was going to marry another man the next day.
The command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje, in a statement on Sunday, May 7, said: “The suspect, furiously engaged the deceased and applied force on her by h#tting her with a hard object, as a result of which she fell unconscious and was later announced d£ad.”
The suspect was apprehended by the Police of the Shagari Divisional Headquarters after a report received from Nana Fadimatu’s intended new husband, Mahmud Rufai of neighbouring Shagari Annex, Yola South.
Investigation so far reveals that the suspect, being a Manager of Anasam Table Water at Jambutu 50 Housing Estate, had one child with the deceased after nine years of their marriage.”
