In a tragic turn of events, a 35-year-old man named Ishaya Markus has been apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly stabbing another man to death during a quarrel. The incident, which occurred on March 3, 2024, in a community in Fufore LGA, has shocked the local residents.
The deceased, Franchise Albert and his 20 years old wife, Libiyatu, had been having family issues since 2022, when she started having an extra marital affair with the suspect.
The deceased was said to have warned both his wife and the suspect who resides at Luggure Gajere in Fufore LGA, but couldn’t heed the warning.
“My husband had warned us when he got wind of what we were doing. My husband and I fought over the issue as a result of which I left for my parents’ house.
“Ishaya followed me and took me into the bush and had an affair after the warning. He slept with me for 5 times”. Libiyatu narrated.
The culprit was said to have kept committing adultery with the victim’s wife while assuring her that her husband will not get to know what they were doing.
“We later resolved our family issues with my husband and asked me to return to my matrimonial home. I even promised not to have an extra marital affair with the man again.
“On the day of the incident, Ishaya came to take me out again, but couldn’t meet me at home at that time”, Libiyatu further narrated.
On his part, the accused person admitted having had an affair with the wife of late Franchise, as well as stabbing the deceased to death.
Ishaya confessed having perpetrated the crime during an interrogation with the Spokesman of the police command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Ngurore, at the police headquarters on Wednesday.
He narrated thus: “On that fateful day, I went to the community where the deceased and his wife live, so as to take her out again even after the warning, but I did not meet her”.
“While I was returning back home, I met with the deceased and asked me whether I went to see his wife again.
“Fight ensued in the course of argument. He pulled out his knife and I also pulled out my own and engaged in a bloody fight. He cut me on my hand and by the neck. I used my knife and stabbed him on his stomach 2 times and by the neck leading to his death.
The suspect pledged to take care of the wife of the deceased or pray for her to marry another man since he had murdered her husband, and pleaded with the police to forgive him.
Meanwhile, the Spokesman of the police command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Ngurore, said that the Commissioner of Police, Dankombo Morris, had ordered for full fledged investigation and assured that the suspect will be prosecuted.
