Posted by Samuel on Sun 21st Jul, 2024 - tori.ng
The suspect was involved in an argument with her deceased husband over alleged theft of a goat by their 13-year-old daughter, Rachael.
Lydia Aji, a 40-year-old woman, has been nabbed in Borno State for killing her husband with an axe.
Borno State Commissioner of Police, Yusufu Lawal, represented by the Public Relations Officer of Borno State Police Command, Nahum Kenneth, said the suspect was involved in an argument with her deceased husband over alleged theft of a goat by their 13-year-old daughter, Rachael.
The husband was said to have died on the spot after the attack.
Lawal said: “On the 4th of July, 2024, one Bulama Mulikabu, male of Kautikari village Chibok Local Government Area, reported at Chibok Police Station that on the same date, one Lydia Aji, female 40 years, and her husband, one Aji Makinta, had a violent fight which resulted to the wife, Lydia Aji, striking her husband on his head with an axe and he died on the spot.”
Speaking further Lawal noted that her deceased husband had asked her and her daughter to leave his house following the theft.
“An investigation further revealed that the couple had a misunderstanding over their daughter, Rachael Aji, 13 years, who stole a goat and sold it to an unknown person, the angry father then asked them to leave his house.
“The case is still under investigation.”