There was tension in Minna, the Niger State capital as a man identified as Mallam Umar Tasiu, was beaten to death by his former in-laws.
It was gathered that the man was killed at the house of the father of his estranged wife when he went to visit his two kids who are staying there.
A source said, “He went to see them and his former in-laws who didn’t want him to come to their house tied and flogged him until he died in their house.”
According to the source, the deceased was buried on Sunday at about 10am as his remains was brought back to his house on Saturday night.
Confirming this, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun said the victim died after he was taken to the IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna, due to injuries he sustained from whipping by hoodlums.
He said, “On 22nd October, 2023, at about 0800hrs a case of suspected culpable homicide was reported at the GRA Division, that on 21st October, 2023, at about 2300hrs, one Umar Tasiu of Angwan Daji was attacked by hoodlums in Minna and he was inflicted with severe injuries.”
He said the victim was rushed to the IBB Hospital, Minna, where he gave up the ghost, adding that the case is under investigation and effort is ongoing to arrest the suspects.
In another news, the Edo State Police Command has disclosed that one person died while four others were injured when a commercial boat hit stationary barges in Gelegele, the Ovia South West Local Government of the state.
This is just as some residents claimed that no fewer than seven persons died in the accident.
The boat conveying mainly women and children was said to have run out of fuel after a passenger alighted in one of the settlements in the riverine communities.
The boat was said to have drifted away from its route and collided with the barges.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed the accident, saying that only one person died in the mishap.
“Marine police confirmed that one person died and four others were injured while others were rescued unhurt,” Nwabuzor said.
The council’s Vice Chairman, Blessing Perewari, who visited the scene of the incident, sympathised with the families of the victims and said the dead had been deposited at the mortuary.