#crime : 30-yr-old Soldier, Abubakar Musa kills his own wife

A 30-year-old soldier attached to the Nigerian Army, 177 Guards Battalion, Keffi, Abubakar Musa, has allegedly killed his wife, Anitu Hauwa Abubakar.

The soldier who allegedly fled the crime scene at the Shitu Alao barracks, Keffi has, however, been arrested by the state police command...


It was gathered that the suspect had been on the run for over six years and four months.

Parading the suspect at the state Criminal Intelligence Investigation Department, the state command Police Public Relations Officer, Numan Ismaila, said the suspect, who hails from Birni-Kebbi, Kebbi State was arrested on February 8, 2016 by the Nigerian Army and handed over to the police for prosecution.

“The suspect, after he killed his wife, escaped to an unknown destination, but he was eventually arrested by the Nigerian Army and brought to a police division in Keffi for prosecution,” Sumaila said.

He informed our correspondent that the suspect had been tried by the Nigerian Army provost.

“The deceased was killed in the barracks and was found in the pool of her own blood after she was allegedly killed by her husband who escaped to an unknown destination. He later re-appeared and was arrested and tried by the Nigerian Army provost.

“He was subsequently dismissed and handed over to the Nigerian Police for prosecution and the state CIID in Lafia to investigate the matter,” the police spokesman said.

Meanwhile, detectives attached to the Angwan Lambu Police Station in Keffi also arrested one suspected cult member and a student of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Mr. Emmanuel Obi, who allegedly conspired with one Ajadi Adewale Odiri, who is at large, to beat another student, Helen Dangwa, to death.

According to Ismaila, another student of the said institution, Mrs. Aruna Jenifer Avorome, made a report at the Angwan Lambu Police Division, Keffi that her friend, who was allegedly beaten by two suspected cult members, was taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Keffi for treatment, where she was confirmed dead by a doctor.

According to the police spokesperson, preliminary investigations revealed that both Obi and Odiri went along with the deceased to the room of Timi Egbejule of Angwan Lemu and ordered the said Timi out of the room, beat the deceased to a state of coma and fled.

According to him, both suspects fled but Obi was later arrested with the command still on the trail of Adewale.

He maintained that the deceased and the suspects are students of the Nasarawa State University, Keffi, noting that the state CIID had since commenced full investigation into the incident.

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