Police in Plateau State have arrested a 40-year-old man, Victor
Dashit, for allegedly strangling his eight months pregnant wife, Irene
to death.
According the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Terna
Tyopev, Dashit, an employee of the National Industrial Court (NIC), a
resident of New Abuja area of Jos, killed the wife, a 33-year-old
teacher and mother of his two kids at their farm in Kangang, on June 2.
It was gathered that Dashit, after allegedly killing the woman,
invited his brother to help him to convey her to hospital after lying
that she slumped a few minutes after she complained of feeling dizzy. .
A family source disclosed that there was persistent domestic violence
in the home. The source said that the situation got worse in May 2016,
when the deceased caught her husband in bed with their house help, Nora,
in their home.
Irene sent the girl out of the house, but the girl came back two
months later and told the husband that she was pregnant. “Nora’s
pregnancy aggravated the problems in their marriage; at a point, Irene
fled to her parents’ house in Gindiri, but was persuaded to return to
her husband’s house by their pastor.
The pastor persuaded her to return in November 2016, after
intervening in the quarrel. She became pregnant immediately,” a source
revealed. Irene had two daughters, while the unborn baby, a male,
removed from her womb after she died, did not survive.
Investigation by medics revealed marks on Irene’s neck, which
suggested that she was strangled. “The doctors quickly reported the
matter at the Anglo Jos Police Station where Dashit owned up to
strangling his wife,” the source added.
Tyopev, while describing the incident as “unfortunate”, blamed the
development on alleged infidelity, saying that Dashit had equally
confessed to impregnating his housemaid. “He confessed to holding the
woman by the neck, but said he did not intend to kill her,” he said.
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