A 50-year-old woman, identified as Amina Guguwa, has been apprehended by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly killing her co-wife, Amina Koli, in Bauchi.
This was made known in a statement issued by the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, on Friday.
According to the PPRO, during a confrontation between the two housewives on January 1, 2023, Guguwa, of Miya Village, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State, strangled her 60 years old co-wife, Amina Koli.
He stated that “Amina Guguwa, the suspect, criminally used force on the victim by strangling her neck tightly and as a result she died on the spot.
“On receiving the report, a team of detectives were drafted and rushed to the scene and they evacuated the victim to the General Hospital, Ganjuwa for a post-mortem examination, where she was certified dead by a medical doctor.”
According to him, investigation into the incident is in progress, after which the suspect would be charged to court for prosecution.
Meanwhile, indications have emerged that investigations may be stalled in the case of Precious Korshima, a 9-year-old house girl beaten to death in Enugu, if the deceased’s father, James Achikpi Korshima, fails to pay N100,000 demanded by the police for medical examination.
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Earlier, an Enugu traditional ruler was arrested for burning the corpse of Precious.
Precious was allegedly murdered by one Mrs Ujunwa Ugwoke of Fidelity Estate, Enugu, who reportedly admitted that she beat her to death and later dumped her corpse along the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. The villagers, in turn, burned the decomposing body.
However, in a statement, Olu Omotayo, the chairman of a rights group, the Civil Rights Realisation and Advancement Network (CRRAN) revealed that the sum of N100,000 was demanded to conduct a test on the bones, which the deceased’s father has no means to provide.
The statement partly read, “We commend the state Commissioner of Police for ordering the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal and Investigation Department for a proper and thorough investigation.
“Korshima said he and the Police investigators and a medical expert later went back to recover the bones so that the medical expert could confirm whether the bones were actually that of a human being/his child.
“He consequently reported that his main problem is that he has no means to provide the N100,000 needed to conduct the test on the bones.
“The confirmation of whether the bones are that of a human being or not is vital to a successful investigation, and we submit that it is the duty of the Government to provide funds for this type of medical examination in a criminal trial.
“We, therefore, appeal to the state government and well-meaning Nigerians to assist and ensure justice for the family of the deceased.