The police in Gombe have arrested 18-year-old Mustapha Adamu Isah, popularly called Abbati, for murdering a 58-year-old woman, Aishatu Abdullahi, for withholding his spanner at Jeka-fari quarters in Gombe.

Isah was paraded, yesterday, among other suspects at the Police Headquarters.
According to the Police, on October 20, at about 10:00 p.m., a complaint was received at Pantami Division from one Muhammad Sani Abdullahi, ‘m’, 45, of Jeka da Fari quarters, Gombe, that his mother, Aishatu Abdullahi, was slaughtered with a knife by an unknown person at about 9:30 p.m.

“Upon receipt of the complaint, Police operatives attached to Pantami Division immediately responded and went to the scene where Aishatu Abdullahi was found in a pool of blood, and was immediately rushed to the hospital, but was certified dead by a medical doctor at the Federal Teaching Hospital Gombe.

“The suspect mentioned above was arrested on October 22, at about 1:30 p.m. in connection to the case following credible intelligence received by the investigative team, headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, SCID Gombe,” the police said.

Spokesperson for the Command, Mahid Muazu, said the suspect confessed to have sneaked into the deceased’s room in search of his spanner, which she had seized from him.

He said the suspect also mentioned an accomplice, Idris Abubakar Danjauro, male, aged 17, from the same address, who joined him in the room to carry out the act.

“Idris was also arrested but denied knowledge of who killed Aishatu during the interrogation.

“Further investigation revealed through eyewitnesses that at the time of the incident, when the said Aishatu was screaming for help, they were together with the said Idris, who assisted in calling the relatives of the deceased on the phone but they were not reachable.

“The suspect also confirmed to have committed the act alone without support from Idris, stating that he only mentioned Idris because he had caused him to be sacked from the garage where they were working together, leaving him unemployed for a year,” he added.

“The spanner, blood-stained shirt, and knife were recovered as exhibits,” he added.