The death of mother of eight 58-year-old Aishatu Abdullahi has continue to generate public sympathy in Gombe.
The woman was reportedly murdered by 18-year-old Mustapha Isah, according to Gombe state police command, who paraded the suspect on Thursday.
Aishatu’s death was made public by the command on Saturday, drawing wild condemnation by residents following her gruesome murder.
Parading the suspect, Public Relations Officer ASP Mahid Abubakar, said the command received a 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 Aishatu was found in a pool of blood, and was immediately rushed to the hospital but certified dead by a medical doctor at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.
He said, “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.”
According to eyewitnesses, Abubakar stated that at the time of the incident when Aishatu was screaming for help they were together with 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,” the Punch reported.
