The Gombe State Police command has showcased a housewife identified as Biba Mohammed, accused of murdering her husband in Barunde quarters of the metropolis.
Parading Mohammed on Friday, the state Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, disclosed that the police received a distress call from a resident of the area reporting a suspected homicide case in the neighborhood.
Abubakar stated that detectives from the Lowcost Division were dispatched to the scene, where they found Mohammed Maliki lying helplessly. The housewife reportedly confessed to killing her husband during the interrogation.
The PPRO said, “The victim was immediately rushed to a specialist hospital where he was pronounced dead by a medical doctor.
“Following a preliminary investigation, Biba Mohammed, the wife of the deceased, was taken into custody after confessing to the crime.
“In her statement, she admitted to using a pestle to strike his head. The case is currently under investigation at SCID and will be presented in court for prosecution upon the conclusion of the investigation.”