ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – A woman identified as Rahimat Salaum has allegedly killed her paralysed husband, Shehu, during a fight in the Pegi area of Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Reports said the 23-year-old Rahima was planning to escape with her husband’s belongings when operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) swooped in and apprehended her.
A statement by the FCT Police Command Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Josephine Adeh, on Tuesday, said the woman was arrested by officers attached to Pegi Police Division on Monday.
She said the suspect confessed to the crime and led policemen to an uncompleted building where she dumped her late husband’s burnt corpse.
SP Adeh said: “The operatives of the FCT police command attached to Pegi police Division, on July 29, 2024, about 6:00 p.m., acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Rahimat Salaum ’F’ age 23 years of Pegi, Abuja in connection to the killing of her husband.
“The suspect was attempting to flee with the belongings of the paralysed husband and had been reportedly missing for about three days in a mini truck when police operatives swooped in and apprehended her.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to killing her husband after a fight ensued between them.
:She subsequently led the police operatives to an uncompleted building where she had dumped the gruesomely burned body.
“While investigation is still ongoing, the commissioner of police, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni, wishes to affirm that justice will be served in the matter, as he urged residents to be wary of their environment and report suspicious activities through the police emergency lines: 08032003913, 08028940883, 08061581938, and 07057337653 PCB: 09022222352, CRU: 08107314192.”
