One Ibrahim Muhammadu, has been arrested by the Adamawa police command for masterminding the killing of a newly married woman because she dumped him.
The suspect is reported to have paid someone to set the woman and her husband ablaze on September 6, barely two weeks after their wedding. It was gathered on Saturday, September 10, that the woman died due to severe burns while the man was receiving treatment in the hospital.
According to reports, Ibrahim Muhammad, who is married with four children, fell in love with the deceased and spent about N150,000 on her after she agreed to marry him. The deceased, allegedly after collecting the money, declined the proposal and got married to another suitor.
Muhammadu, it was learnt, organized the k#lling by hiring one Ibrahim Savanna, paid him N5,000 and gave him four measures of rice to get the couple killed.
After collecting the money and the rice, Ibrahim Savanna, armed with petrol and matches, went to the room of the couple in the night and set it on fire after locking it up.
