A 33-year-old butcher, identified as Ibrahim Abubakar, has been arrested by men of the Adamawa State Police Command for stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Hajara Sa’adu, to death, News About Nigeria reports.
According to the state police public relations officer, SP Suleiman Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement shared on the command’s official X account, the suspect stabbed his wife several times with a sharp knife on her back yesterday and left her to die.
He was apprehended following the report made by the father of his late wife.
The suspect, however, confessed to the crime, saying he regrets killing the mother of his only child.
The statement reads, “The Adamawa State Police Command, on April 8, 2024, apprehended a 33-year-old man for stabbing to death his 25-year-old wife Hajara Sa’adu. The suspect, Ibrahim Abubakar, a butcher and resident of Sabon Gari-Futy in Girei Local Government Area subdued the deceased, by stabbing her severally with a sharp knife on her back thereby causing her severe injuries and leaving her in a pool of blood.
“The suspect brutally killed the deceased on April 8, 2024, at about 04:30 am, after he accused her of taking away his phone, which led to a little argument. The suspect was apprehended following the report made to the police by the father of the deceased and a preliminary investigation was conducted, leading to the recovery of material evidence at the scene of the crime that is linked to him. Interestingly, the suspect voluntarily made a confessional statement, adding that he regretted killing the mother of their only child.”
