A 20-year-old housewife, Caroline Barka, has allegedly stabbed her 38-year-old husband, Barka Dauda, to death.
Caroline Barka, a resident of Angwan Tamiya, Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, is said to have engaged her late husband in a fight following an argument.
The argument was said to have ensued between them after the deceased returned home drunk and fell on their one-year old baby who was in bed.
Angered by his drunkenness, habitual late nights, and failure to provide basic necessities as a husband, the suspect and the deceased had a fight which resulted in her stabbing the husband, a source close to the family explained.
He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.
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The Adamawa State Police Command, which first disclosed the incident, said in a statement that on July 22, Friday, its operatives apprehended the suspect over the deadly fight with her husband.
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“The suspect was apprehended by the police in Madagali Local Government Area following a report received from a relative of the deceased.
“Investigation so far reveals that the suspect, being a nursing mother, had a child with the deceased after two years of marriage,” said the statement which was made available to newsmen by police image maker, SP Suleiman Nguroje.
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