Man murders pregnant lover, buries corpse in sewage

The man took his lover's life in an attempt to abort her pregnancy

Jamila's corpse was discovered on April 8, 2021

Lamido fled to Kwadon in Gombe State where he was tracked and arrested

Bauchi State police have arrested a middle-aged man, for allegedly killing and burying the corpse of his supposed lover, Jamila Saidu, in a sewage system.

Lamido Gunduma, committed the act in his compound while trying to abort the 35-year-old woman’s pregnancy.

Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Ahmed Wakil, made the discovery of Saidu’s corpse known in a statement made available to newsmen in Bauchi, the state capital yesterday.

Wakil revealed that her corpse was discovered on April 8 after her father, Saidu Iliyasu of Zubuki village in the Jamaare Local Government Area, declared her missing on April 7, 2021, at the Jamaare Divisional Headquarters. SP Wakil said the suspect deposited the corpse in a sewage system within his compound and fled to Kwadon in Gombe State where he was tracked and arrested, adding that he had been charged to court for prosecution accordingly.

The statement reads: "On Wednesday, April 7, at about 1200hrs, one Saidu Iliyasu of Zubuki area Jamaare Local Government Area of Bauchi came to Jamaare Divisional Headquarters and reported that on 5/04/2021 his daughter, one 35-year-old Jamila Saidu of the same address was declared missing after which a search party which was organised, but to no avail.

"On Thursday, April 8, at about 1030hrs, her decomposed body was discovered with a newborn child in a sewer at her boyfriend’s house identified as Lamido Gunduma at Unguwar Yari-Mari Jamaare.

“During preliminary investigation, it was discovered that the suspect criminally conspired with one Ishaq Abdullahi, aged 34yrs of the same address and fixed a canola into the arm of Jamila Saidu and administered her with dextrose water, Quinine and Ostagen in order to abort her pregnancy, which culminated in induced labour that resulted in the death of the victim and newborn baby,” the PPRO said.