Woman Arrested For Killing Husband In Niger State Over Domestic Dispute

Tragedy struck in Lafiyagi Dzwafu village, Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, as a 27-year-old woman, Fatima Dzuma, was apprehended for allegedly killing her 25-year-old husband, Baba Aliyu.

The incident occurred amidst preparations for the naming ceremony of a child born to Aliyu’s first wife.

Sources revealed that Dzuma, who married Aliyu three years ago as his second wife after divorcing her first husband, had yet to bear children for him. Reports suggest that the couple frequently engaged in heated arguments.

On the night of the incident, the couple had another altercation, during which Aliyu allegedly assaulted Dzuma before leaving the house.

In her confession, Dzuma admitted to killing her husband, citing the constant misunderstandings between them. She claimed that her frustrations culminated in the act after enduring repeated physical abuse.

She said, “When he came back, he went to bed. I used a rope to tie his neck, and he could not struggle. I hit him with a pestle three times, twice on his head and once on his hand. I took advantage of his sleeping because his sleep is always deep.

“After I killed him, I put him inside a mat, threw him over the fence and dragged him to the bush in the backyard before coming back to wash the blood and excreta that came out of his body when I killed him.”

When asked why she killed him, she said they had a misunderstanding where she told him that she did not love him anymore, and he beat her up.

When the family of Baba was looking for him, she claimed she had not seen him but confessed to the crime three days after she killed him.

According to her, only she carried out the act without the help of anybody.

The Niger State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Wasiu, said that the body of Baba Aliyu was found in a bush close to the house, adding that the suspect is currently in police custody.

“She confessed that she used a pestle to hit her husband when he was asleep and she later tied the deceased with clothes and rope and rolled the corpse to a nearby bush with a mat.

“The corpse was taken to general hospital Bida for post-mortem while the suspect was taken to custody. She will soon be transferred to SCID Minna for further investigation and prosecution”, Abiodun said.