The police in Borno on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one
Musa Faisal in connection with alleged acid attack on his 26- year old
girlfriend , Fatima Usman.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Damian Chukwu ,
made the disclosure while briefing newsmen in Maiduguri.
Fatima Usman, a final year student of Department of Nursing,
University of Maiduguri was attacked with corrosive fluid by suspected tricycle
operators in Maiduguri on March 16 .
She sustained serious injuries on the face and other parts
of her body as a result of the attack .
The police boss also revealed that the suspect and the
victim dated for over four years and Fatima Usman’ s parents rejected the
marriage proposal by Faisal.
He added that “ our findings indicated that the girl and the
suspect had been meeting in secret for a long period of time .
“On the day of the attack , she arranged to meet the suspect
at a hotel in Galadima area of Maiduguri and while they were inside a room ,
his accomplice , Muhammad Babangida joined them.
“ Babangida was the one who poured acid on Usman and in the
process , some of the liquid spilled over to Faisal .
“It is also established that the suspect vowed to deal with
the girl since her family resented their union. ”
Chukwu said that the suspects had admitted committing the
offence, adding that they would soon be charged to court .
Court? Someone should pour some acid on him joor.
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