A housewife has been arrested for allegedly beating her husband to demise in Bauchi, police mentioned.
The suspect is claimed to have hit her husband’s first spouse on the pinnacle with a mallet, resulting in her demise.
The incident, in line with the police, occurred at Gar village in Pali division of Alkaleri native authorities space of Bauchi state.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Walil, who disclosed this in a media assertion, mentioned the suspect’s husband reported the incident on the Maina-Maji Divisional Police Headquarters on November 22, 2022.
Wakil, the police superintendent, mentioned: “22. November 2022 at about 18:00 hours, one Ibrahim Sambo, a male (40) from Gar Pali Village Ward, Alkaleri LGA, got here to Maina-maji Divisional Police Headquarters and reported that on the identical date at about 12:00 hours, his second spouse Maryam Ibrahim ( 20) armed with a pestle entered the room of his first spouse, Hafsat Ibrahim (32), from the identical handle and hit her on the pinnacle with a pestle.
“In consequence, the sufferer suffered a critical damage and was evacuated to the Well being Heart within the village of Gar, the place the physician pronounced her lifeless.
“Upon receiving the report, the staff of detectives on the command went into motion and arrested the suspect.
“In the course of the interrogation, the suspect voluntarily confessed to the crime. She revealed that on Tuesday, November 22, 2022 at about 11:00 a.m., the deceased (Hafsat Ibrahim) despatched her son Abdulaziz Ibrahim (5) with a chunk of fried meat referred to as (Tsire) to provide to her (Mariam). And after consuming the meat, she started to really feel irregular after which vomited the meat.
“Then (the suspect) known as one Faiza Hamisa, a feminine, from the identical handle, the spouse of her husband’s youthful brother, and informed her precisely what had occurred.
“She added that the aforementioned Faiza informed her that it was in all probability an ulcer; she (Faiza), then gave her drugs for ulcers.
“After that, the suspect provocatively went to her kitchen, picked up a pestle and entered the primary spouse’s room whereas she was sleeping and hit her on the pinnacle, which led to her demise.”