By Bashir Hassan Abubakar
A 21 year old house wife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has allegedly stabbed her husband, Aliyu Mohammed to death at Kamar Dumi Area of Bauchi metropolis.
This was a contained in a crime bulletin made available to newsmen on Friday by ASP Aminu Gimba Ahmed, the acting Police Public Relations Officer of the Bauchi State Police Command.
ASP Ahmed said that the incident happened 5th July 2023 at about 2340hrs and that acting on information received, detectives attached to the Township Divisional Police headquarters, Bauchi have arrested suspected culprit, Maimunatu Sulaiman on charge of culpable homicide.
While receiving the information from at their end, the detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer immediately rushed to the crime scene and took both the victim and the suspect to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi for medical attention.
ASP Ahmed said that , reports obtained from medical doctors confirmed that the victim died as a result of an injury sustained on his chest, while the suspect sustained minor bruises on her stomach.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect (Maimuna Suleiman) stabbed her husband Aliyu Mohammad of the same address as a result of an altercation that ensued between them on the 5th of July, 20223 at about 1800hrs in their matrimonial home.
During interrogation, the suspect confessed to having committed the crime. Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police CP Auwal Musa Mohammad, psc, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for a discreet investigation to further unravel the circumstances that surround the death of the victim. Investigation continues, and the suspect will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.