By Jennifer Amarachi
A 40-year-old woman set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa.
The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse on Friday.
Shiisu said the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her body and set it on fire.
“On Thursday, at about 0740 hours, the command received 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 on the outskirts of the village.
“Following this report, a squad of officers from the Guri Divisional Police Headquarters raced to the scene and
verified the incident.
”The officers took the charred body to the hospital and later released the corpse to the family for burial,” Shiisu said.
He clarified that preliminary investigation findings indicated the deceased suffered from depression several months after her divorce from her husband.
The PPRO further stated that the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Ahmadu Abdullahi, counseled people to always turn to Almighty Allah for guidance and provide a means of escape from difficult situations, as well as to always seek guidance and counseling from their elders on matters of great complexity in order to prevent such regrettable incidents.
