Man confesses bathing a Unimad with Acid over rejection

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. .
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
Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Damian
Chukwu, disclosed that the suspect, Musa Faisal,
was arrested in Kano. .

He explained that the police had also arrested one
Muhammad Babangida, who conspired with Faisal
and attacked the girl. .

The commissioner said a preliminary investigation
indicated that the suspects conspired and assaulted
the girl, contrary to the notion that she was attacked.
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."

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