A man identified as
Mallam Umar Tasiu,
in Minna, Niger
State, has been beaten to
death by his former in-laws.
Umar Tasiu had gone to
see his two kids who are
staying with his former wife
in her father’s house.
A source said, “He went to
see them and his former in-laws
who didn’t want him to come to
their house tied and flogged him
until he died in their house.”
The source explained
that the man’s corpse was
brought back to his house on
Saturday night and buried on
Sunday at about 10am.
The State Police
spokesman, DSP Wasiu
Abiodun said the victim died
after he was taken to the IBB
Specialist Hospital, Minna,
due to injuries he sustained
from whipping by hoodlums.
He said, “On 22nd October,
2023, at about 0800hrs a case
of suspected culpable homicide
was reported at the GRA
Division, that on 21st October,
2023, at about 2300hrs, one
Umar Tasiu of Angwan Daji
was attacked by hoodlums in
Minna and he was inflicted
with severe injuries.”
He said the victim was
rushed to the IBB Hospital,
Minna, where he gave up the
ghost, adding that the case is
under investigation and effort is
ongoing to arrest the suspects.