29-year-old Man Kills His Pregnant Girlfriend To Avoid Shame Of Having Baby Outside Wedlock
A man, Mustapha Idris, 29 has been arrested for killing his
20-year-old girlfriend, Nafisa Hashimu, who was three months pregnant for him.
Information released by Audu Jinjiri, the state police
command spokesperson, Mustapha and Hashimu, a divorcee, were live-in lovers at
Daneji village in the state.
The deceased recently found out she was three-months
pregnant and informed him in excitement. He however got angry and stabbed her
to death. Her body was found in a bush at the outskirts of Daneji village about
22 kilometres from Ringim town.
When interrogated, Mustapha said he killed his girlfriend to
avoid the shame of giving birth outside wedlock.
“I’m ashamed of how the society will see us after she
delivers the unborn child out of wedlock, and thus I decided to terminate her
life to stay away from shame,” he said.
The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Audu Jinjiri, said the
corpse of the deceased was found in her pool of blood in a bush at the
outskirts of Daneji village about 22 kilometres from Ringim town.
Mr Jinjiri said police preliminary investigation found that
the late Ms Hashimu was a divorcee, adding that she was certified dead by a
medical doctor and released to relatives for burial.
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