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 Jos
confront the man who impregnated one of them
resulted in a fatal death of the elder sister, reports
AGABUS PWANAGBA in Jos
The 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.
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 break the 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.”
Mrs. Rifkatu Yusuf, elder sister to both Simi and
Justina who is married and lives at Bukuru, Jos
South LGA, in an interview with THE AUTHORITY,
said the story making rounds that her two sisters
clashed at a man’s house and fought, tearing
themselves into pieces with mirror in his room,
while he, Stephen, was out buying drinks for them is
“a cooked up propaganda by Stephen Shut Jang to
cover up the sins and evil he did on my sisters and
painting it in a different way.
According to her, there was no way two people will
fight each other and inflict these level of cuts on
one another with a mirror without having cuts on
their hands.
Mrs. Yusuf who is demanding that justice should be
done, said the incident happened the very first time
Simi is even meeting him and as such, Stephen
never knew her prior to that day, talk more of her
fighting with her younger sister over a man. She
said Stephen Shut Jang, who is in Police custody
would have simply killed them and buried them had
the incident happened in the bush.
Also, a relative of the young women, Mr. Chado
Dusu who is an APC Chieftain in Barkin Ladi LGA,
described the two sisters, especially the Late Simi
Chado as a very peaceful, compassionate and con
siderate.
“As a family, we have been cheated already and
nothing can bring our sister back to life but all we
want now is that the law should take its cause and
justice be done.
“This is why we are calling on the Plateau State
Government, the Nigeria Police Force, Human
Rights activists, CSOs and all other relevant authori
ties to pick up the matter in the interest of justice.
In his reaction, the Village Head of Kanang, Foron
District of Barkin Ladi LGA, where the victims hail
from, Da Dung Gwom also told THE AUTHORITY
that with the love the Dusu Chado familiy have for
each other, there is no way the two sisters would
fight each other in such a manner.
The traditional ruler added that, “life is sacred and
whoever takes the life of another should not be
allowed to live if our justice system must work.”
However, Mr. & Mrs. Iliya Dusu Chado parents of
the victims, prayed for the soul of late Simi, who
they said was the bread winner in the family, to find
rest and for quick recovery of Justina who is still
recuperating in the hospital.
They also reiterated that the culprit must be brought
to book to stop him from doing same to other
people’s daughters; as there are reports indicating
that this is not the first time Stephen Shut Jang is
doing such a thing.
Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations
Officer of Plateau State Command, ASP Tyopev
Mathias Terna, in an interview with THE
AUTHORITY, said: “We received a report sometime
in July, this year that one Stephen Shut Jang,
attacked two sisters who came to his house, both
were taken to the hospital, one died and the other
survived. But in the interim he was thinking that
both of them were dead, because of the severity of
the attack he carried out on them.”
Terna further explained that, “Later on the sister who
we later discovered was pregnant for him had came
to ask him to take responsibility but he refused and
started beating her and attacked her with a cutlass;
who later on survived, but it was the elder sister
who followed her to Mr. Jang’s house that died.”
However, “when he was confronted with the fact
that the other one survived, he now opened up, that
he really attacked them, but it was the devil that
pushed him into attacking them.”
The PPRO assured that investigation into the matter
is ongoing, adding that the case would soon be
transferred to the State CID, for further investigation
and possibly he should be charged to court as soon
as possible.
According to the Police Spokesperson, “What
actually delayed the investigation was that he was
so vehement that the two sisters were fighting over
him. It was later when he discovered that the
girlfriend who was pregnant survived, that he
opened up.
“From my own understanding, it was very
impossible for two sisters to fight especially to
that extent over a man that was why we persisted.
Some people came for him to be released on bail,
but we insisted, that since human life is involved,
we must get to the root of the matter. And now
that the mystery behind it has been unraveled, he
would be charge to court very soon.”
On the insinuation that the police are intending to
free him or release him on bail, Terna said it was
not true, noting that “it’s just a mere allegation
aimed to dent our name. We are a set of respon
sible people; we cannot do a thing like that. “So we
are assuring members of the public that, very soon
Jang would be charge to court.”
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