Senators Aid, Burnt to Death By Wife Over Arguement

 A Senior Legislative Adviser to Senator Mohammed Saleh, Mohammed Ibrahim Matazu, has died after he was doused with petrol and set ablaze by his own wife.  Saleh, a retired Major General and CPC stalwart, who is also the current Senator representing Kaduna Central has vowed to ensure that justice, is done in the matter. Mohammed Ibrahim Matazu, who was a former staff of Radio Nigeria and Nagarta Radio Kaduna, respectively before his appointment as senior legislative officer was set ablaze by his wife following some domestic problems. The incident occurred at the family residence in Gwarimpa, Abuja.  According to the deceased’s younger brother, Engineer Magaji Ibrahim, “On Wednesday last week, my elder brother called me to say he was coming to Kaduna to represent Senator Mohammed Saleh at a meeting with the NNPC in Kaduna. “Thursday morning, I saw some missed calls on my phone so I called back the number only to be informed that my brother’s wife had set him ablaze.” “The caller then told me how on Thursday, around 9am my brother rushed out of his room with flames on his body as he screamed and ran around saying he was burning from the fire. “While neighbours tried to rescue him, my brother’s wife came out of the house, looking for him and when she saw him she challenged him, saying “what can you do now”? “After neighbours had doused the flames ignited by the fuel, my brother told them that it was his wife that poured petrol on his body and set him ablaze, at this point, some of the neighbours grabbed the woman and then called in the police, who took them to the station along with my brother”. He said Matazu was later rushed to Zone 3, Wuse General Hospital where he was briefly treated. But according to the doctor’s report, 77 percent of his body was severely burnt, though he was speaking and discussing his plight with people. Narrating further, he said, “Senator Saleh later met us at the hospital and advised that we use to take him to the National Hospital Garki, but by the time we arrived there, there was no bed for him to be admitted. “Then we located another hospital in Gwagwalada only to be told that they were on strike. It was at this point that we begged for an ambulance to enable us take him to 44 Army Reference Hospital, Kaduna”. “When we got to 44 Army Hospital at about 10 pm they treated him but we later moved him to Giwa private specialist hospital and from there we took him to the Ahmadu Bello Teaching Hospital (ABUTH), Shika, Zaria, on the advice of doctors at 44 Army Reference Hospital.  “The doctors at Shika, about seven of them did their best to stabilize him and he was actually responding to treatment at the time. He even told me that he would survive and that there was nothing to worry about.

“But at about 4pm on Wednesday this week, a younger brother of ours called me to say Matazu had given up the ghost. He was buried on Thursday at the Kudenda burial ground”.

Asked why she decided to end her husband’s life, the wife said she poured petrol on him because he was spending more time with the first wife in Kaduna than he did with her.

Members of his family however, said his frequent visits to Kaduna were as a result of his assignment by the Senator, who was digging boreholes around seven local governments in Kaduna and Matazu was required to supervise the work.

Matazu’s younger brother told Peoples Daily Weekend that though he spent about five days in Abuja, before going to Kaduna, the wife continued to complain that he did not spend enough time with her even though she is the second wife and has no child with him, while the first wife bore six children for the deceased.

The accused wife is currently detained at Wuse police station. “We have nothing to say, we have left everything for the law to take its course,” said Magaji. Meanwhile, Senator Saleh, who was at the condolence venue had this to say about late Matazu,

“Ibrahim Matazu was a very pleasant and friendly personality. He contributed a lot to the development of our party that is, Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) and in my legislative duty, he did his best to contribute to the smooth running of my office. He was actually the pillar of the office.”

He continued, “This is a plain murder case and when a case of homicide like this happens, it is a case between the State and the accused. His wife who committed this heinous crime is in police detention now, and I intend to follow through to ensure that justice is done.

“I don’t know if this is a crime that requires bail, but regardless, I will make sure the family gets justice.”

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Posted: at 22-02-2013 09:37 AM (12 years ago) | Addicted Hero

That woman wicked no be small. Jealous witch. Was someone not married to him before her? If that one had been jealous, would he have married her? Psycho

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Posted: at 22-02-2013 10:29 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Woman but why na now u see where u have landed yourself abi. Rip to the dead

Posted: at 23-02-2013 09:50 AM (12 years ago) | Hero