Man butchers his girlfriend, kills her sister for refusing abortion

The quest for two sisters in Jos, Plateau State, to con­front the man who impregnated one of them resulted in a fatal death of the elder sister, reports AGABUS PWANAGBA in JosThe popular saying “there is a thin line between love and hate” was what played out between two lovers who have been dating for the past 9 years as love crossed the thin line to become hate. It was sometime in July, 2016, when an incident occurred at Sabon Gari, Tudun Wada, a suburb in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, where two sisters, Justina Dusu Cha­do and Simi Dusu Chado were alleged to have clashed at a man’s house, by the name Ste­phen Shut Jang.

The two women in their late twenties were said to have fought, cutting themselves with glass and mirror, leading to the death of the elder sis­ter, Simi while the younger sis­ter miraculously survived and she is currently responding to treatment in a hospital.

However, investigations by THE AUTHORITY revealed that the two sisters were ac­tually victims of the wicked­ness of one Mr. Stephen Shut Jang, who was alleged to have butchered the two sisters with a machete when the duo went to confront him about the pregnancy of Justina whom he was dating and who be­came pregnant for him.

The victim who survived the gory incident, Miss Justi­na Dusu Chado narrated their ordeal from her hospital bed thus: “I met Stephen in 2007 during the new year celebra­tions. I was in GSS Mai Idon Doruwa in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State and Stephen used to vis­it me in School. After my sec­ondary school in 2009, I left Jos for Abuja and we were communicating on phone throughout my stay in Abuja until May 2016 that I returned to Jos.

“After coming back, I asked him if the relationship was go­ing to lead to marriage be­cause, while in Abuja, some­one else was asking for my hand in marriage but I told person that I had a boyfriend and so, till I hear from him first.

“So, I asked Stephen if he was ready for marriage or I should accept the other man’s proposal, but he said that he was still working on it, that I shouldn’t worry. This con­versation took place the first time I visited his house at Sa­bon Gari, Tudun Wada -Jos.

“After that, I visited his house three times to see him. That was when I discovered that I was pregnant. I told him about the pregnancy and he asked me to abort it but I told him I cannot do it as I did’t know how to do such a thing. So he flared up, insisting that I must terminate the pregnancy, so I left. Since then, he stopped picking my calls.

“My elder sister, Simi dis­covered the pregnancy and called him, and because he didn’t know her number, he picked the call. She asked him why he wasn’t picking my calls ever since he discovered I’m was pregnant for him but he told her to please calm down and that he would call us both to sit down and talk about it. After that call, he also stopped picking my sister’s calls too.

“My elder sister Simi and I decided to go to Stephen’s house, but he wasn’t at home. After waiting for about an hour and calling him several times but he did not pick, we left his house. “On our way go­ing, we met him on the road and started talking to him about the issue, but he insisted that we should go back to the house and talk as the matter is a serious one that should not be discussed by the road side; so we agreed and followed him back to his house.

“On reaching the house, I told him that I have come to stay since I’m pregnant for him and as he was not picking my calls and that he should go and inform him parents. I just said that to startle him, so he told my elder sister to please excuse us so we can have a heart-to-heart talk and she went out of the room with her phone that had been ringing.

“The next thing, he locked the door, carried a machete and started cutting my face while kicking my stomach with his leg. I started shout­ing for help and my sister came knocking, begging him to please open the door but he refused.

“She had to breakthe door to enter the room in order to help me but immediately she entered, he turned on her and started butchering her with the same machete while I lay helplessly on the floor.

“The next thing I can re­member after that was waking up to discover that I’m in the hospital; after asking where I was and what happened. It was later that I was able to recol­lect what happened at Stephen Shut Jang’s house and how he butchered my sister and I with machete.”