A 35-year old man, Umaru Jibrin, has stabbed the Chief Imam of Enagi town, in Edati Local Government area of Niger State, to death for allegedly having amorous affair with his wife, Aisha Umar.
Jibrin claimed that he caught the 48-year old Islamic cleric, Alhaji Attahiru Alhassan, in the act and stabbed him in the neck when he called him for a peace talk.
He was, however, arrested by the Police in the State.
Narrating the incident at the Police Headquarters in Minna, Jibrin said: “When I saw him on top of my wife, I said haba, Imam, why must you do this to me? Aisha my wife what are you looking for?”
Jibrin further explained that he went out after asking them the question to see his brother, one Abubakar Abdulrahman, to inform him of what he saw.
“But not quite long, the Imam sent for me for a peace talk, and to plead that the matter be concealed from the public,” he said.
However, an argument was said to have ensued in the process and Jibrin snatched a rod (which the Chief Imam was reportedly holding at the time) and stabbed him in the neck.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the State, Wasiu Abiodun, said when the incident happened, the suspect took to his heels but was later arrested at Batati village, in Lavun Local Government Area.
Abiodun said some youths mobilised to the police station in the area to lynch the suspect but the policemen stopped them.
He advised the public to desist from taking laws into their hand, saying that investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that the suspect would be charged to court.