A 40-year-old woman, whose name was not given, set herself on ablaze after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa.
This is contained in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Lawan Shiisu, in Dutse, on Friday.
Shiisu said the woman, who resides in Garin Mallam village, poured petrol to her body and set it on fire.
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“On Thursday at about 0740hrs, the command, received a heartbreaking and pitiful news of an incident from Guri which indicated that a 40-year-old woman at Garin Mallam village poured petrol on her body, set herself ablaze and got burnt beyond recognition.
She was reported to have carried out the suicide in the outskirts of the village.
“Following this report, a squad of officers from the Guri Divisional Police Headquarters raced to the scene abd verified the incident.
”The officers took the charred body to the hospital and later released the corpse to the family for burial,” Shiisu said.
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He explained that preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased experienced depression few months following her divorce by her husband.
The PPRO added that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmadu Abdullahi, advised people to always submit their affairs to Almighty Allah for a way out.
Abdullahi also advised people to always seek advice and counselling from their elders on complex issues in order to avoid such unfortunate incidents.
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