The police in Jigawa
State have arrested one Dahiru Adamu 25, of Agufa village in Miga Local
Government Area for killing, one Ishak Sa’ed, who allegedly trespassed into his
house with the intention to rape his bride.
Adamu
ambushed his victim when he came round for the fourth time in four days
allegedly with the intention to rape his bride.
The
state police spokesman, SP Abdul Jinjiri, told the Daily Trust that Adamu hit
his victim with a stick and that he died after undergoing some treatment.
Jinjiri
said the accused was at present in police custody undergoing interrogation.
The
accused said by tradition in their community, marriage ceremony lasts for about
a week, adding that during the period, the friends of the bride usually stayed
with her until the ceremony ended.
The
accused said it was during this period that the suspected rapist visited his
house located at the outskirts of the village on four occasions with an
intention to rape his bride.
“When
he (rapist) came for the fourth day with a plan to perfect his ulterior motive,
I ambushed him and attacked him using a stick. I hit him twice on his back and
his leg,” he admitted.
-Daily Trust
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