19-year-old Murders His 35-year-old Pregnant Sister In Borno

A young man, identified as Abba Umaru, has been arrested by Police in Borno, over the murder of his 35-year-old pregnant sister, Ya’Amsa Umaru.

Abba was said to have been aggrieved because the sister asked him to sew a piece of cloth she bought for their father. 

The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, made the discourse in a statement on Friday in Maiduguri.

Chukwu disclosed that the suspect on May 25 hit his sister with a pestle at Magumeri town in Magumeri Local Government Area of the state.

“On 25th May 2018, at about 9.40 a.m., one Abba Umaru hit and killed his sister, Ya’Amsa Umaru with a pestle in Magumeri town, Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno.

“The suspect is said to have been aggrieved because the sister asked him to sew a piece of cloth she bought for their father.

“Consequently, he killed his sister, who was at the time, eight months pregnant, and buried her in a shallow grave in a room,” he stated.