Police arrest underaged wife in Bauchi State for allegedly killing her husband

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Not fewer than 30 suspected criminals, including an underaged house wife, have been arrested for various offenses by the Bauchi State Police Command.

While parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Bauchi, the state capital, the Police Commissioner Philip Maku said a case of culpable homicide was reported to the Itas-Gadau Division on the 24th of April, 2020 by one Haruna Musa.

He explained that one Salma Hassan who is said to be underaged, allegedly stabbed her husband, Mohammed Mustapha on the chest and he died as he was being rushed to the hospital.

The suspect however told newsmen that 11 days after their marriage her husband kept pestering her for sex and to wade him off she used a knife to scare him.

The other suspects were said to have been arrested for crimes ranging from conspiracy, kidnapping, culpable homicide, and robbery. Mustapha assures that the suspects will be charged to court, after investigations are concluded.