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A 42-year-old man identified as Musa Mustapha has been arrested and charged before a Senior Magistrate’s Court in Katsina State for allegedly beating is wife to death during a squabble.
According to the police prosecutor, Inspector Hashimu Musa, Mustapha committed the act on March 17, 2015, when he had a misunderstanding with his 30-year-old wife, Amina, and in a fit of anger, beat the woman till she gave up the ghost.
Musa also told the court that one Aliyu Sani, reported the case to the Central Police Station, Katsina.
He added that Amina sustained serious injuries on her neck, back and stomach and was rushed to the hospital for medical treatment but she died a day after her admission in the hospital.