Kano – Suspected hoodlums in Kano have killed a 19 year-old bride, Malama Aisha Abdullahi at Jajira in Ungoggo Local Government Area of the state, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
Alhaji Abdullahi Sani, the husband of the deceased and a tyre dealer on France Road, Kano, disclosed this to NAN on Thursday.
He said that the incident happened between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
He added that the deceased, who was five months pregnant, was killed by the suspected hoodlums after carting away some valuable items in the house.
Sani explained that “I returned home around 9.10 p.m. after closing from the market and on reaching my house, located on Jajira Street in Kano metropolis,
I met my wife in a pool of her blood.”
He said that he quickly informed the police around 10 p.m., who came to the scene immediately.
“Up till now, I cannot explain how or what happened because I was not around since morning,” he said.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state’s command, DSP Magaji Majiya, said he was aware of the incident.
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He said that based on the information available to police, the incident happened between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
He added that “we received the information on the incident from the husband of the deceased who reported to us around 10 p.m.”
He noted that the police had commenced investigation into the circumstances that led to the murder of the pregnant woman so as to bring the culprits to book. (NAN)