Zamfara Lecturer Declares Wife Missing Only for Her Decomposing Body to Be Found in Their Home 4 Days Later

The wife of a lecturer in the north-western state of Zamfara has been found dead inside their home days after being declared missing. 

Mallam Yakubu Maradun, a lecturer with the College of Education, Maru, Zamfara State, is currently helping the state police command to unravel the circumstances surrounding the murder of his 25-year-old wife, Malama Naja’atu Abubakar.

 

According to Nigerian Tribune, findings gathered that the decomposed body of Naja’atu was discovered in her matrimonial residence under a very unusual circumstance four days after she was declared missing.

 

According to a source, Naja’atu left home last week Monday on the permission of her husband to go to a bank to obtain her Biometric Verification Number (BVN) number, but did not return home, and this prompted her husband, friends, and relations to search for her.

 

The search for the missing lady gradually became intensified for four days, until when last Friday, a close relation visited the residence of the missing woman to sympathise with her husband.

 

The source revealed that, upon entering the house, the visitor perceived a very strong odour of something decomposing.

 

The husband explained that the odour could be the smell from a broken toilet.

 

The source further narrated that the visitor insisted that the room from where the odour was coming should be opened to verify what it was.

 

“It was shocking that inside the room, the decomposing body of Naja’atu was found on bare floor covered with rags, while flies were hovering all over her, just as the husband became dumbfounded,” the source said.

 

The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Shehu Muhammad, confirmed the incident, saying investigation was still ongoing in order to unravel the case.