The Yobe State Police Command have arrested Abubakar Musa, a lecturer with the Yobe State University, Damaturu, in connection with the alleged gruesome murder of his wife, Ammi Mamman.
DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Police Spokesman in the state, disclosed this in a statement in Damaturu saying the incident occurred at New Bra-Bra Estate at about 4: 48 am on Thursday.
Abdulkarim said the arrest followed a distress call indicating that Mamman and Musa were lying in the same bed when she was said to have been stabbed.
“ She was stabbed with an object on her neck resulting to heavy bleeding and led to her death,” the spokesman said.
He said the the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the command was interrogating Musa of political science department to unravel the circumstances surrounding Mamman’s death.
Abdulkarim appealed to the community to assist police with credible information on the incident to ensure justice and prevent future occurrence.
Our correspondent reports that the deceased was alao with the Faculty of Social and Management Sciences of the institution.
