The Borno Police Command said it arrested a  housewife, Fatima Abubakar, 25, for allegedly killing her husband, Goni Abbah, with poison.

The Commissioner Of Police, Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to journalists in Maiduguri, said that the suspect was arrested on October 19 by men of the command at Anguwan Doki.

Mr Umar said the victim, who was the chief imam of the area, returned from the mosque when the  suspect, who was the second wife, allegedly mixed poison in his food.

He explained that as soon as Mr Goni started eating, his condition deteriorated.

According to him, the victim was immediately rushed to the State Specialist Hospital, where he was given emergency medical attention, but he died when they returned home.

The commissioner immediately deployed men from the Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department to arrest the suspect after the incident was reported by the victim’s family at the GRA Police Station.

He noted that on the arrival of the police, they witnessed large numbers of aggrieved youths in the neighbourhood who stormed the victim’s home to lynch the suspect, but the police were able to bring the situation under control.

He added that the suspect, in her statement, confessed to the alleged crime, noting that she bought the poison from Monday Market when she had already made up her mind to kill him.

The suspect said she killed her husband because she was tired of the marriage.

“I never wanted the marriage. Goni was my second husband; I got separated from my first because I hated marriage.

“Anytime I woke up with the fact that I am married, it puts me off. At some point, I had to run to my parent to demand an end to the marriage b,ut they always sent me back, asking me to be patient.

“At some point, two months after I gave birth to my child, I ran away and slept in an uncompleted building for about two weeks. I later returned to my husband’s house.

“Not that he doesn’t treat me well, we are also not quarrelling. We are two in the household, I am his second wife and I have been married to him since 2021. But I just hate when any man comes near me.

“I don’t really know what is wrong with me. Even now that I am speaking to you, I don’t really feel that I was the one who killed him, she said as she broke down in tears.”

(NAN)