Just two weeks before her ex-husband, Attahiru Ibrahim, was about to wed another woman, one Farida Abubakar was detained in connection with the alleged murder of the man.
She has been handed up to the Kebbi State Police Command SCID’s custody as the main suspect in the investigation.
According to SP Nafiu Abubakar, the state police’s spokesperson, the Gwadangaji divisional police officer was informed of Attahiru’s murder by neighbors who live in the Alieru Housing Estate in Gwadangaji.
Police were dispatched to his home after learning of the information, pushed the gate open, and discovered him lying in a pool of blood inside.
According to reports, his ex-wife was discovered hiding on the property.
According to a statement, Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Magaji already ordered a thorough investigation of the case to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder.
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A neighbour who pleaded to remain unnamed said that he and the deceased attended “ishai” prayers, after which he left for his house to continue his cooking which he had suspended before going to the mosque.
“I rushed to his house only to meet his gate locked from inside, I went back to my house used a ladder and jumped over and met him in his blood, looking around i saw his ex-wife hiding in a cage with her daughter”, he said.
According to him, Attahiru divorced the suspect about seven months ago after having two kids, and he was going to take another wife two weeks before the unfortunate incident.
He revealed that the deceased has been buried according to Islamic rites in Birnin Kebbi.