Wife pays N7000 to assassinate her husband

A housewife in Yola has been arrested for reportedly hiring an assassin to kill her husband.

The woman identified as Hauwa Audu is a resident of Michika local government area.

She hired the services of one Kwaji Tizhe, for N100, 000, to kill her husband, James Tizhe, and made an initial deposit of N7,000.

According to reports, Audu was arraigned before the Chief Magistrate Court I, for “ attempt to commit culpable homicide.”

The prosecutor, ASP Francis Audu stated that the defendant hatched a plot to eliminate her husband, James Tizhe, and two others; Maryamu Bugi, and Bugi Walla.

She told the court that the defendant gave a cash deposit of N7, 000, to the assassin out of the sum of N100, 000.

Also, Hauwa promised to pay after killing those she had penciled down.

The hired killer collected the cash deposit on June 3, 2022, and reported himself to the police.

It was gathered that Hauwa paid the money to Kwaji, to consult a native doctor on her behalf to inflict paralysis on her husband, but not to kill him.

She reportedly confessed that she took the action because the husband failed to treat her as his wife and properly take care of her.

The husband was alleged not to share the same bed with her for the past nine years.

The defendant was said to have accused Maryamu Bugi and Bugi Walla of murdering her daughter-in-law through witchcraft as a result of which she decided to take revenge.

In his ruling, Chief Magistrate Mohammed Buba ordered the arrest of the defendant and subsequently adjourned the matter to July 14, 2022.