Housewife Who Allegedly Stabbed Husband To Death Arrested
The Police command in Bauchi has arrested a housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis.
The Acting Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, ASP Aminu Ahmed, disclosed this in a release on Friday, in Bauchi.
He said the housewife, aged 21, allegedly stabbed her husband with the intention of killing him following altercations that ensued between them.
“On receiving the information, Police operatives, led by the Divisional Police Officer, Township Police Division, immediately rushed to the scene of the crime at the address.
“They took both the victim and the suspect to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi for medical attention.
“Consequently, reports obtained from medical doctors confirmed that the victim died as a result of an injury inflicted on his chest, while the suspect sustained minor bruises on her stomach,” Ahmed said.
He added that preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect (Maimuna Suleiman) stabbed her husband, Aliyu Mohammad at the same address on the 5th of July, 2023 at about 6 O’Clock in the evening, at their matrimonial home.
“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to having committed the crime.”
ASP Ahmed said the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammad, directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, for investigation to further unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of the victim.
The police spokesman said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation.
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