Jealous husband stabs man for standing with his wife in public
In Borno, a 25-year-old IDP, Umar Goni Abubakar, was apprehended by the Borno State Police Command for stabbing Zarami Modu to death at the Water Board IDP Camp in Monguno Local Government Area.
During a press conference held on Monday, October 9, 2023, in Maiduguri, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Muhammad Yusufu, revealed that one of the 507 suspected criminals apprehended in the past three months had attacked and stabbed a man known as Modu.
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The assailant allegedly assaulted Modu with a sharp knife due to suspicions that he was attempting to seduce his wife, Hajja Fantami. The overall group of suspects had been detained for various crimes such as rape, manslaughter, incitement of disturbances, causing severe injuries, as well as burglaries and thefts.
“On September 16, 2023, at about 10:45 hrs, one Umar Goni Abubakar ‘M’ 25 years old of Water Board IDP Camp Monguno stabbed one Zarami Modu ‘M’ 35 years old of the same address with a sharp knife,” the CP stated.
“As a result, the victim sustained fatal injuries. The genesis was that, on September 15, 2023, he sighted the deceased standing with his wife, Hajja Fantami ‘F’ of the same address, at the water pump, and he suspected the deceased was enticing his wife. The suspect was arrested, and the case is under investigation.”