A 40-year-old girl (identify withheld) has set herself ablaze after her husband divorced her within the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in an announcement on Friday.
Shiisu mentioned the lady, who resides within the Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her physique and set herself ablaze.
“On Thursday, round 07.40 am, the command obtained heartbreaking and pitiful information of an incident from Guri, which indicated {that a} 40-year-old girl at Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her physique, set herself ablaze, and received burnt past 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 mentioned.
He defined {that a} preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased skilled melancholy a number of months following her divorce from her husband.
The PPRO added that the state Commissioner of Police, Ahmadu Abdullahi, suggested folks to all the time submit their affairs to Almighty Allah for a means out.
Abdullahi additionally urged folks to all the time get recommendation and counselling from their elders on complicated points to keep away from such unlucky incidents
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