The Bauchi State Police Command has said that its detectives have arrested a 35-year-old man who allegedly disguised as an armed robbee and tried to kill his wife with a pestle.
This is contained in a statement titled ‘Husband disguises, assaults his wife’ made available to journalists in Bauchi over the weekend.
The statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Suprotendant Mohammed Ahmed Wakil, said the suspect intended to kill his wife, sell off the television set in their house and use the money to furnish his shop.
Wakil said the man, during investigation, confessed that he raised a false alarm that thieves had invaded the house.
“On December 2 2023, detectives attached to ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters in Bauchi arrested Tijjani Ahmadu Diye, male (35) for assault, causing grievous hurt and attempting to commit an offence to-wit culpable homicide.
“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 a 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 neutralise her and take their television and sell it to raise money to furnish his shop.”
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Mohammed, has directed that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation for discreet investigation to unravel more on the incident.
He added that afterwards, the suspect will be charged to court.
