A 40-year-old woman, (name withheld) set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, yesterday.
Shiisu said the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol on her body and set it on fire.
“On Thursday at about 0740hrs, the command received heartbreaking and pitiful news of an incident from Guri which indicated that a 40-year-old woman at Garin Mallam village poured petrol on her body, set herself ablaze and got burnt beyond recognition. She was reported to have carried out the suicide on the outskirts of the village.
“Following this report, a squad of officers from the Guri Divisional Police Headquarters raced to the scene and verified the incident. The officers took the charred body to the hospital and later released the corpse to the family for burial,” Shiisu said.
He explained that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased experienced depression a few months following her divorce from her husband.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Ahmadu Abdullahi, advised people to always submit their affairs to God for a way out.
Abdullahi also advised
