A 29-year-old man identified as Mustapha Idris, has been arrested for murdering his pregnant girlfriend after discovering she was pregnant.
He was arrested by Jigawa State Police Command paraded the suspect who’s from Ringim Local Government Area of the state.
The deceased, Nafisa Hashimu, was three months pregnant for her murderer.
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According to 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.
The suspect had then stabbed her angrily and her body was found in a bush on the outskirts of Daneji village about 22 kilometres from Ringim town.
“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,” the suspect said.
The police spokesperson also said the suspect would be charged to court to face the wrath of the law.
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