Victor
Dashit, 40, who allegedly strangled his eight months pregnant wife, Irene. Has
been arrested by The Plateau Police Command on Thursday confirming the arrest
was the state force Spokesperson.
“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.
“Victor is
in our custody and investigation is on-going. We shall soon take him to court,”
he said,
It was believed
that Dashit, 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. Investigation revealed that Dashit, after killing the
woman, invited his brother to help him to convey her to hospital after lying
that she slumped few minutes after she complained of feeling dizzy. A family
source said that prior to the incident, the couple had faced lots of problems
leading to persistent domestic violence.
He said that the situation got worse in May 2016, when the deceased caught her husband in bed with their house help, in their home.
He said that the situation got worse in May 2016, when the deceased caught her husband in bed with their house help, 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 the girl came back two months later
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.
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