Meet the man who was accused of beating his wife to death because of sex, Aminu Mahdi worked with the Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board before.
The 63 who hails from Yelwa Ward in Mubi North Local Government Area, allegedly descended on his second wife, Hadiza Zubuchi, 46, for denying him access to her bed.
Aminu , the suspect, confessed to the crime while being questioned by the Police . He claimed that it was never his intention for his wife die , the state Police Relations Officer, Sp suleiman Nguroje attests.
Nguroje disclosed in an interaction with newsmen late on Thursday that Aminu returned home at 9:00 p.m. last Sunday, August 27, 2023, to meet the circumstances that culminated in his snuffing the life out of his wife.
Nguroje said after Aminu ate his food and changed his clothes, he went to the room where he was to spend the night with his wife, but his wife denied him the use of her bed.
As the wife would not let him touch her and instead started hitting him with a stick, he snatched the stick from her and beat her up repeatedly.
The beating became so severe that his wife, whom he married in 2016, died eventually.
In regret while telling the police his story, Aminu said, “I didn’t expect that this kind of incident would happen to me. It was a mistake.”
