Gombe police parade 18-year-old over murder of 58-year-old Aishatu Abdullahi
Gombe State Police command on Thursday paraded 18-year-old Mustapha Isah, over the killing of mother of eight 58-year-old Aishatu Abdullahi.
Recall that Abdullahi’s death was made public on Saturday by the command, which drew public sympathy and wild condemnation by residents following the gruesome way she was murdered.
Parading the suspect, Public Relations Officer ASP Mahid Abubakar, said the command received complaint at Pantami Division from Muhammad Abdullahi, aged 45, who reported that his mother, Aishatu Abdullahi, was slaughtered with a knife by an unknown person.
Abubakar noted that upon receipt of the complaint, Police operatives attached to Pantami Division immediately responded and went to the scene where 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.
He said, “following credible intelligence received by the investigative team which was constituted by DC Operation CP Hayatu Usman on behalf of the command, to be headed by the Assistant Commissioner of Police, SCID Gombe.
“During the investigation, the suspect confessed to sneaking into Aishatu Abdullahi’s room in search of his spanner, which she had seized from him. The suspect also mentioned an accomplice, Idris Abubakar Danjauro, male, aged 17 years, 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.
“The suspect mentioned that Aishatu returned from the neighbors, found him in her room, and questioned him. He refused to leave, resulting in him attacking her, strangling her, and killing her with a knife and escaped through the toilet to an unknown destination, leaving behind his stained shirt and knife but managed to escape with the Spanner which was later recovered from him.”
Abubakar disclosed that 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. The Spanner, blood-stained shirt, and Knife were recovered as exhibits,” he added.
