The Plateau State Police Command,
on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Victor Dashit, who
allegedly strangled his eight months pregnant wife, Irene.
“Victor is in our custody and
investigation is ongoing. W shall soon take him to court,” its spokesman, Terna
Tyopev, said in Jos.
He said that Dashit, a staff of
the National Industrial Court, Jos who resides at New Abuja area of Jos,
killed the wife, a 33-year-old teacher, at their farm in Kangang, on June 2.
NAN investigation revealed that
Dashit, after killing the woman, invited his brother to help him to convey her
to hospital after lying that she slumped few minutes after she complained of
feeling dizzy.
A family source said that prior
to the incident, the couple had faced lots of problems leading to persistent
domestic violence.
He said that the situation got
worse in May 2016, when the deceased caught her husband in bed with their house
help, one Nora, in their home.
“The woman woke up one night sometime in May 2016 and did not see her husband on the bed. After combing the entire house, she peeped into the house help’s room and found her husband on her,” the source said.
He said that Irene sent the girl
out of the house, but the girl came back two months later and told the husband
that she was pregnant.
“Nora’s pregnancy aggravated the problems in their marriage; at a point, Irene fled to her parents’ house in Gindiri, but was persuaded to return to her husband’s house by their Pastor.
“The Pastor persuaded her to return in November 2016, after intervening in the quarrel. She became pregnant immediately.
She said that Irene had two
daughters, while the baby, a male, removed from her womb after she died, did
not survive.
A source at the Air Force
Military Hospital, Jos where Irene’s corpse was taken, said that the Dashit who
brought the wife on June 2, had claimed that she slumped and died after
complaining of dizziness.
“The doctors confirmed her dead on arrival, but rushed her to the theatre for an emergency CS in a bid to save her unborn baby but brought out a dead child,” the source said.
Further investigation by the
medics, however revealed marks on her neck, which suggested that she was
strangled.
“The doctors quickly reported the matter at the Anglo Jos police station where Dashit owned up to strangling his wife,” he said.
Tyopev, while describing the
incident as “unfortunate”, blamed the development on alleged infidelity, saying
that Dashit had equally confessed to impregnating his housemaid.
“He confessed to holding the woman by the neck, but said he did not intend to kill her,” he said.Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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