Late
Fatima Ibrahim had closed from her place of work, Zubairu Pilot Primary school in Dutsinma town
where she teaches Basic Science. Passing through her family home, where she
exchanged pleasantries with relatives, she retired home at her residence at the
Low-Cost Housing Estate. Little did her family and friends know that they were
saying final farewell to her, as her lifeless body was discovered the next day
in bed, with blood trickling from her mouth, and bruises on one side of her
face.
The
deceased, a 32-year-old mother, was
married to Umar Manu, a staff of the
Federal University Dutsinma, Information and Communication Department, who
hails from Zaria, Kaduna State and is the prime suspect in the case. The couple
have a three-year-old son.
Reports
gathered that trouble started for late Fatima when her father, Alhaji Ibrahim
Habibu, died in December 2014 and she inherited his wealth. He was until his
death a regional manager with a major bank in Sokoto.
According
to late Fatima’s uncle and spokesman of the family, Babangida Habibu, since the
death of the father, Manu went all-out to get his wife’s share of the
inheritance divided among late Alhaji Habibu’s children.
He
said: “On our part as family, we resolved to do all possible to protect his
property, and committee was set up to share the inheritance appropriately,
making sure accounts were opened for each and every one, with each share of
money lodged within.”
Late
Fatima’s uncle said about seven months back, his niece reported her husband’s
changing attitude and the family had to intervene, and invited him along with
his parents to iron things out. But, Habibu said, after a while she complained
again. “It was at this point that she chose to move out to a new place, where
he still visits on the pretence of wanting to see his son,” he said.
Habibu
said: “Manu had earlier been threatening Fatima for a while, and even on that
fateful day he called to ask her to make available N800,000 for him to settle some
debts. Mark you, she had always tried to let him know that the money he assumes
she had was not in her custody, but he never wanted to hear that.”
Manu,
according to Habibu, visited the deceased at her residence on the day the
murder was perpetrated, at about 8:30pm, entering in and out of the compound
twice before he finally left after 11:00pm.
“But
the next day, Fatima’s maid met her lifeless body on the bed and raised alarm,”
he said, adding that Manu was apprehended and handed over to the police where
he has owned up, and confessed to the killing, even narrating how he did it.
According
to late Fatima’s uncle, the deceased’s family have said all they want now is
for the law to take its course.
State
Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Usman, who confirmed the arrest of Manu, said
investigation has opened up on the matter.
Late
Fatima was born in 1984, and bagged a Bachelors Degree in Biology from Usman
Dan Fodio University, Sokoto.
Source: Daily Trust
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