An elderly man, Aliyu Hussaini has allegedly killed his wife, Aishatu
Abubakar, mother of five children, popularly known as Sabuwa at Arhan
Kunu Area of Mubi, a town in Adamawa State.
DAILY NIGERIAN reliably gathered that the incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday.
One
of the family members of the deceased told DAILY NIGERIAN correspondent
that the victim’s corpse was reportedly dumped in front of a public
hospital in the area.
“My sister who works at the general
hospital called to inform us that Sabuwa’s corpse had been dumped in
front of the general hospital.
“Earlier, around 10:00 am, the deceased son rushed into our house, saying ‘my father has killed my mum’.
“We
initially thought it was a normal misunderstanding between the couple
until we got a call from the hospital where the corpse was dumped.
“When
we saw the corpse of the victim, it was completely out of shape,”
Rukayya Ahmed, who spoke on behalf of the family, explained.
“A
pound of flesh had been cut off from her thigh, her mouth was torn and
the tongue had been cut off too. Her stomach had also been cut off and
there was no liver and some offal were also removed,” she added.
According
to her, on reaching the deceased house, there was no trace of any
evidence of physical struggle that could have possibly resulted in such
incidence as the husband and his friend had already cleared the place.
“But they later produced three knives with which they hacked her,” she disclosed.
When
Mr Hussaini, the husband, could not be reached for comment, a resident
in the neighbourhood who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that
the husband had already reported himself to the police station, denying
having any hand in the murder of his wife.
However, according to
the local resident, Mr Hussaini had confessed to having had a dream that
he was stabbing something whitish, but not his wife.
“I had a
dream the night before the incident. I saw something whitish attacking
me and I retaliated. When I woke up, I saw my wife in that terrible
condition, but I did not kill her,” the husband was reported as saying.
He
added that Mr Hussaini was earlier reported to have said that someone
was going to die in his household on Friday before the incident that
happened on Monday.
“Hussaini had earlier planned to flee with
N1.8million belonging to his wife (the deceased) which she kept in the
fridge, but his friend told him not to, saying he would become a prime
suspect if he dared to flee,” the resident disclosed.
Speaking
with DAILY NIGERIAN via a telephone chat, the Ward Head of the
community, Isiyaku Jibrilla-Dagala, alleged that the incident could be
linked to cultism or ritual activity.
“Some say that Hussaini is a
psychiatric case. There’s, however, nothing to suggest his mental
defect, being my close neighbour,” he argued.
Confirming the incident, the police spokesman in the state DSP Suleiman Nguroje said the husband has since been arrested.
“Yes, the man has been arrested having earlier reported himself to our station. He is currently under police custody in Mubi.
“The CP had swiftly ordered the anti-homicide unit to investigate the cause of this heinous act,” said Mr Nguroje.
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