A 20-year-old house wife, Caroline Barka, has been arrested for stabbing her husband, Barka Dauda, to death.
Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in Madagali Local Government Area of the state.
Spokesperson of the Adamawa police command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Yola.
He saud the suspect was apprehended by the police on Friday, following report received from a relative of the deceased.
The statement reads, “The suspect, Caroline Barka, a resident of Angwan Tamiya, Madagali Local Government Area, engaged her late husband, Barka Dauda, in a fight following an argument that ensued between them after the deceased returned home drunk and fell on their one-year-old baby who was in bed.
“Angered by his drunkeness, habitual late nights and failure to provide basic necessities as a husband, the suspect and the deceased engaged themselves in a fight which resulted to her stabbing the husband.
“As a result he fell down unconscious and was later rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.”
He said investigation so far revealed that the suspect, being a nursing mother, has a child with the deceased after two years of marriage.
