How Man, 40, Shot Wife To Death Thinking She Was His Deviant Son

P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Dangarga village in Burra District, Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, where they reside.

The suspect, Usman, believed that his eldest son, who harboured resentment towards him, would visit his room to harm him. So, he loaded his local gun and kept it by his side while he slept.

However, while still asleep, one of Usman’s wives went out to urinate. And upon her return to the room, he thought it was his son that had come into the room to attack him; so he took his gun, shot her on the stomach and she bled to death in the process.

This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, who said that the victim was rushed to the hospital where she was certified dead by a medical doctor.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect slept in the same room with his late wife that night. The suspect had two wives and six children. That there was an altercation between the wives, to the extent that the eldest son held grudges against the father and threatened to harm him.”

“Prior to that incident, the eldest son threatened the father. This made the suspect load his dane gun and kept it beside him throughout the night waiting for any intruder, possibly his eldest son.”

“Investigation revealed that on 28th December, 2022, at about 2.00am while he was sleeping in the same room with his wife, Ladi Nuhu (37) of the same address, she went out of the room to ease herself. On her way back to the room, the husband woke up and took the dane gun upon hearing a suspicious move close to his room and directly fired at her in the stomach.”

“As a result, she sustained injury. The victim was rushed to the General Hospital at Burra, but certified dead by a medical doctor.”

The Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, directed that the suspect be charged to Court on completion of the investigation,” he stated.