A man has beaten his wife to death after argument over pap.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the police in Niger state have arrested a 20-year-old man, Lawali Danladi, for allegedly beating his wife, Zulai, to death following an argument over the pap she prepared for him at their home in Kadaura village in Yakila Gunna district of Rafi LGA.
The Niger state man who was paraded before newsmen at the police command headquarters in Minna, reportedly beat Zulai to a coma. She was rushed to the hospital where she died.
Danladi who spoke to journalists, said that he did not like the way she prepared the pap and in the cause of the argument, things got heated up which made him descend on her and beat her mercilessly.
“I never knew she would die. It was just a misunderstanding over mere pap and I did not know that when she fainted, she would not wake up. I should never have beaten her. I regret my action” he said
DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspect has confessed to having beaten his wife to coma adding that by the time she was rushed to the General Hospital Wushishi, she was confirmed dead.
The spokesperson of the state police command added that Danladi will be charged to court.
