A Yobe State Prime Court docket sitting in Damaturu has sentenced a 45-year-old guy, Abubakar Musa, popularly referred to as Daddy, to demise via striking for the killing of his spouse, Ammi Adamu Mamman, on Wednesday.
The court docket reportedly convicted Musa of culpable murder after concluding that the prosecution had established his guilt past affordable doubt.
Musa used to be arrested on January 4, 2024, following the demise of his spouse at New Bra-Bra Property in Damaturu, in line with studies.
The then Police Public Members of the family Officer of the Yobe State Police Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, mentioned the incident used to be reported within the early hours of that day.
“The ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters, Damaturu, won a misery name at about 4:48 a.m. on January 4,” Abdulkarim mentioned.
He defined that initial data indicated that the couple had been at the similar mattress when Mamman used to be allegedly attacked with a pointy object at the neck.
“The sufferer sustained critical bleeding, which resulted in her demise,” he mentioned.
Abdulkarim added that Musa used to be arrested for wondering, whilst detectives hooked up to the murder unit of the State Prison Investigation Division introduced an investigation into the incident.
Mamman’s demise additionally attracted condemnation from her place of business and civil society organisations in Yobe State.
In a e-newsletter printed in February 2024, Yobe State College recognized Mamman as a member of its workforce and disclosed that the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mala Mohammed Daura, had expressed unhappiness over her demise.
The college mentioned Daura known as on safety companies to make certain that the ones answerable for the killing had been delivered to justice.
Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, additionally sympathised with Mamman’s circle of relatives following her demise.
He confident the circle of relatives that any one discovered culpable can be made to stand the legislation.