Furious man ends marriage at police station in Minna after his wife’s arrest in hotel raid
Drama unfolded at a police station in Minna, Niger State, when a man abruptly divorced his wife after she was apprehended during a hotel raid targeting suspected criminals.
The woman was among several individuals arrested by security personnel in an operation targeting hotels believed to harbor sara-suka gang members and drug dealers.
A security operative, who requested anonymity, told DAILY GAZETTE that the woman’s marital status was only discovered after those arrested were taken to the station and their families were contacted.
“Following the recurring youth restiveness and attacks on innocent citizens, the Deputy Governor, Comrade Yakubu Garba, after going round Minna recently, directed security operatives to go after the youths causing the unrest and stopping innocent citizens from going about their businesses,” he said.
The source added, “We embarked on the operation at some hotels suspected to be their hideouts. During the operations, many suspects were arrested, including women. And to our surprise, a man came to say that one of the women was his wife and instantly, he divorced her three times.”
“We didn’t know that she was married and did not know what took her there because police had not yet conducted investigation about the suspects when the husband came to the station.”
The police are yet to conclude investigations into the circumstances surrounding the arrests.
