A 40-year-old girl (title withheld) set herself on fireplace 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 press release in Dutse on Friday.
Shiisu stated the girl, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her physique and set it on fireplace.
“On Thursday, at about 0740 hours, the command acquired 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 obtained 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 physique to the hospital and later launched the corpse to the household for burial,” Shiisu stated.
He defined {that a} preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased skilled melancholy a couple of months following her divorce from her husband.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police within the state, Mr Ahmadu Abdullahi, suggested individuals to at all times submit their affairs to Almighty Allah for a approach out.
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Abdullahi additionally suggested individuals to at all times search recommendation and counselling from their elders on complicated points to keep away from such unlucky incidents.
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