{"id":15127,"date":"2017-07-06T14:09:28","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T13:09:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=15127"},"modified":"2017-07-06T14:09:28","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T13:09:28","slug":"man-impregnates-housemaid-strangles-pregnant-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/man-impregnates-housemaid-strangles-pregnant-wife\/","title":{"rendered":"Man impregnates housemaid, strangles pregnant wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Plateau Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Victor Dashit, who allegedly strangled his eight-month pregnant wife, Irene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVictor is in our custody and investigation is on-going. We shall soon take him to court,\u201d its spokesman, Terna Tyopev, said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Dashit, a staff of the National Industrial Court, Jos who resides at New Abuja area of Jos, killed the wife, a 33-year-old teacher, at their farm in Kangang, on June 2.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered Dashit, after killing the woman, invited his brother to help him to convey her to the hospital. He had lied to his brother that she slumped few minutes after she complained of feeling dizzy.<\/p>\n<p>A family source said that prior to the incident, the couple had faced lots of problems leading to persistent domestic violence.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the situation got worse in May 2016, when the deceased caught her husband in bed with their house help, one Nora, in their home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe woman woke up one night sometime in May 2016 and did not see her husband on the bed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter combing the entire house, she peeped into the house help\u2019s room and found her husband on her,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Irene sent the girl out of the house, but the girl came back two months later and told the husband that she was pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNora\u2019s pregnancy aggravated the problems in their marriage; at a point, Irene fled to her parents\u2019 house in Gindiri, but was persuaded to return to her husband\u2019s house by their pastor.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe pastor persuaded her to return in November 2016, after intervening in the quarrel. She became pregnant immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She said that Irene had two daughters, while the baby, a male, removed from her womb after she died, did not survive.<\/p>\n<p>A source at the Air Force Military Hospital, Jos, where Irene\u2019s corpse was taken, said that Dashit, who brought the wife on June 2, had claimed that she slumped and died after complaining of dizziness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctors confirmed her dead on arrival, but rushed her to the theatre for an emergency CS in a bid to save her unborn baby but brought out a dead child,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p>Further investigation by the medics, however, revealed marks on her neck, which suggested that she was strangled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe doctors quickly reported the matter at the Anglo Jos police station, where Dashit owned up to strangling his wife,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Tyopev, while describing the incident as \u201cunfortunate,\u201d blamed the development on alleged infidelity, saying that Dashit had also confessed to impregnating his housemaid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe confessed to holding the woman by the neck, but said he did not intend to kill her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>NAN<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plateau Police Command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of a 40-year-old man, Victor Dashit, who allegedly strangled his eight-month pregnant wife, Irene. \u201cVictor is in our custody and investigation is on-going. 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