Crime: Husband Disguises As Armed Robber, Attacks Wife

Crime: Detectives attached to ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Bauchi have arrested Tijjani Ahmadu Diye ‘m’ aged 35yrs for Assault, Causing Grievous Hurt and Attempt to commit an offence to-wit Culpable homicide, Opera News reported.

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 alarm 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 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.

The Commissioner of Police CP Auwal Musa Mohammed, psc 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.
Thank you.

SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil Anipr,
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),
For: Commissioner of Police,
Bauchi State Command.

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