23-year-old wife beats husband to death, burns corpse in FCT

A 23-year-old woman, Rahimat Salaum, has allegedly killed her husband, Shehu, during a fight in the Federal Capital Territory.

PUNCH Online reports that Ramatu was planning to run away with her husband’s belongings when operatives of the Nigeria Police Force arrested her.

A statement on Tuesday by the FCT Command spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the woman confessed to the crime and led the policemen to an uncompleted building where she dumped her late husband’s burnt corpse.

Adeh said, “The operatives of the FCT police command attached to Pegi police Division, on July 29, 2024, at about 6:00 p.m., acting on credible intelligence, arrested one Rahimat Salaum’F’ age 23yrs 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 the investigation is still ongoing, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Benneth C. Igweh, 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.”

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