BY ADEYEMI AKANJI, BAUCHI – Traumatized widow of 33 years old late Dauda Danladi allegedly tortured by the Nigeria Police in Bauchi to death while custody, Mrs Altine Dauda, is now lying critically sick at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH).
This followed the trauma and shock she was believed to have experienced which led to her unconscious state as a result of the agony of the death of her husband whose marriage was consummated seven months ago.
Younger sister to late Dauda, Dorathy Danladi told our Correspondent, that since the death of her brother on Friday, the wife has been crying profusely and demanding to see her husband, a development that led to her losing consciousness and going into coma.
According to Dorothy; “Since our brother died, his wife has cried as if her heart will come out of her and before we knew what was happening, she fainted. We had to rush her to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital Bauchi where she is receiving treatment. The incident happened some minutes past 3pm today (Sunday).
“She is recuperating at the hospital. She suffered great shock from the incident and as a result, has fainted several times. She has been demanding to see her husband. Anytime she faints and is revived, she will start saying she wants to see her husband.
“I can tell you that she has not been finding it easy because they got married on 25th December, 2020, and this incident happened. She has been devastated and shocked,” she stressed.
Another younger brother of the deceased, Daniel Danladi, who rushed his sister in-law to the hospital also said; “Although she is getting better, but she can’t talk at the moment. The condition is a bit fair. When she fainted this afternoon, some elders and I rushed her to the Teaching Hospital. They told us that it was due to shock. She’s currently on drip there.”
Meanwhile, Dorothy has alleged that the Police manhandled her on Friday at the Yelwa Division, after she heard of her brother’s death, adding that she has been sick and has not been able to walk well.
In her words; “When I learnt that my brother had died, I was still within the premises of the Yelwa Division, I rushed inside the Station, fell on the ground and started shouting and rolling on the ground.
“Out of anger, I took a stone and broke the glass of one of the windows in the station. I ran out and a Policeman caught me, hit me and dragged me on the ground as if I was a dog. I had to bite him before he let me go.
“Since that day, I feel in my body as if fire has been poured inside it. The spot they kicked me with their boot on my back close to my spinal cord, is exactly where I feel serious pain now.
“I am seriously feeling pains as I speak with you. I have been taking some drugs and pain relievers, I am about going to the hospital now for treatment. Honestly, what these people (Police) did to us is not fair,” she said.
The late Dauda Danladi, was allegedly arrested by the team of security agents in front of his shop located in Yelwa Tsakani, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis last Thursday and was taken to the Yelwa Division, where he was allegedly tortured to death.
