- Safiu Kehinde
A 40-year-old woman,(name withheld) has, yesterday, set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Jigawa.
The incident, as confirmed in a statement issued by Jigawa Police Spokesperson, Lawan Shiisu, earlier today, occured at Guri Local Government Area of the state.
According to the statement, the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol to her body and set it on fire.
“On Thursday at about 0740hrs, the command, received a heartbreaking and pitiful news of an incident from Guri which indicated that a 40-year-old woman at Garin Mallam village poured petrol on her body, set herself ablaze and got burnt beyond recognition.
“She was reported to have carried out the suicide in the outskirts of the village.
“Following this report, a squad of officers from the Guri Divisional Police Headquarters raced to the scene abd verified the incident.
”The officers took the charred body to the hospital and later released the corpse to the family for burial,” The statement read.
Shiisu, however, explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased experienced depression few months following her divorce by her husband.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmadu Abdullahi, advised people to always submit their affairs to Almighty Allah for a way out.