Bauchi Police arrest husband for allege attempt to kill wife, to boost bussines
By Ahmed Ahmed
Police Command Bauchi State has arrested a husband, Tijjani Ahmadu Diye 35, for an alleged attempt to murther his wife and sell her television to boost his business in Bauchi metropolis.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the command SP Ahmed Wakil made available to Journalists on Saturday in Bauchi.
It said that the suspect further confessed that he intended to neutralize her and take their television and sell it in order to raise money to furnish his shop.
According to the statement, On 2nd December 2023 Detectives attached to ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Bauchi have arrested Tijjani Ahmadu Diye 35y years for Assault, Causing Grievous Hurt and Attempt to commit an offense to-with Culpable homicide.
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“On receipt of the report, a team of detectives were drafted to the scene and evacuated the victim to Specialist Hospital Bauchi, where she was accorded necessary medical attention.
“Preliminary Investigation revealed that the suspect admitted the allegation against him without much resistance.
” In his confession, the suspect raised false alarms that armed robbers entered their house. He quickly entered the bedroom, met his wife and asked her to cover her head with a scarf.
“He moved out of the room, covered his face with a scarf, armed himself with a pestle, came back to the bedroom, and started hitting her with the pestle,” The Statement said.
The statement said the command Commissioner of Police (CP) Auwal Musa Mohammed has directed that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigation (CID) for discreet investigation.
“To unravel more to the alleged occurrence, after which the suspect will be charged to Court for prosecution accordingly, it said.
