Twenty one-year -old housewife, Maimuna Sulaiman of Kofar Dumi area of Bauchi State has been arrested by men of the Bauchi State Police Command over the death of her husband.
According to press release by the Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Aminu Gimba Ahmed ,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.
The spokesman said that detectives led by the Divisional Police Officer immediately rushed to the scene of the crime at the address and took both the victim and the suspect to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi for medical attention.
He said 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.
He said that during interrogation, the suspect confessed to having committed the crime.
The Commissioner of Police CP Auwal Musa Mohammad, 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.