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Police in Borno Arrests Suspected Killers Of Maiduguri Housewife, Fatima Abatcha Releases Husband
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Police in Borno arrests suspected killers of Maiduguri housewife, Fatima Abatcha, releases husband
By Ahmed Miringa, Maiduguri
The Borno state police command has said that it has arrested the suspected killers of Maiduguri housewife, Fatima Abatcha, Abatcha Bukar and 5 others in connection with the gruesome murder of the innocent housewife in her residence in Gidan Dambe area of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
The Borno police command in a statement signed by its spokesman, ASP, Sani Shatambaya said -“in furtherance of the investigation, it was discovered that the deceased cellphone was missing at the scene of the incident, therefore investigation was narrowed on tracking the IMEI NUMBER. the police efforts yielded positive result leading to the arrest of the following suspects; Ibrahim Mustapha, Usman Yusuf, Muhammed Yunus, Nuhu Mohammed and Ismaila Mohammed Barka all male of Gwange General Area Maiduguri Metropolis,”
The statement said the suspects were involved in the missing of the deceased infinix Hot30i handset, stressing that the principal suspect one Abatcha Bukar m 23years of Gidan Dambe area was arrested and he confessed to the killing of the deceased.
“It could be recalled that on the 17th October, 2023 at about 1800hrs the Command received a report of a case of culpable homicide from Gwange Division involving the death of a house wife one Fatima Alh Bukar ‘F’ of Gidan Dambe Area, Maiduguri, the statement said.
in an effort to ensure openness and transparency in investigation,the command employed intelligence-led policing to get to the root of the incident.”, The Borno command added.
ASP Shatambaya said ” the suspects includes (1) Abatcha Bukar ‘M’ 23yrs old Gidan Dambe Area
(2) Nuhu Mohammed ‘M” 27yrs Gwange area
(3) Ismail Mohammed Barka ‘M’ 28yrs Gwange area
(4) Ibrahim Mustapha ‘M’ 28yrs
(5) Usman Yusuf “M’ 25 yrs
(6) Mohammed Yunus ‘M’ 29yrs”.
Exhibits recovered according to the statement includes Infinix Hot 30i and (2) Photograph of bruises on the fingers of Abatcha Bukar
