The Plateau
Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of Victor Dashit, a 40-year-old
man, who allegedly strangled his wife, Irene, who is eight months pregnant.
The
command’s spokesman, Terna Tyopev, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that
“Victor is in our custody and investigation is on-going. We shall soon take him
to court.”
According to
him, Dashit is 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.
Dashit,
after killing the woman, called his brother to help him to convey her to the
hospital after lying that she slumped few minutes after she complained of
feeling dizzy.
A family
source disclosed that before the incident, the couple had faced lots of
challenges leading to persistent domestic violence.
The source
said 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 two months later, the girl came back
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.
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