Housewife’s murder: Borno Police release husband, arrest major suspect

The Police Command in Borno said on Tuesday that it has released the husband of the housewife who was murdered at her matrimonial home in Maiduguri after arresting the principal suspect.

The command said that the husband, Adamu Ibrahim, and his friend, Bukar Wadiya, who were detained after reporting the incident to the police, had been released.

This is contained in a statement made on Tuesday in Maiduguri by the command spokesman, ASP Sani Kamilu.

He said the principal suspect, Abacha Bukar, was tracked and arrested in connection with the Oct. 18 murder of the 24-year-old housewife, Fatima Alhaji-Bukar.

Kamilu said that the police arrested the suspect after tracking the missing mobile phone of the deceased.

He said five other suspects were also arrested for receiving stolen properties and abating a criminal act.

According to him, the other suspects were Ibrahim Mustapha, Usman Yusuf, Muhammed Yunus, Nuhu Mohammed, and Ismaila Mohammed Barka, all from the Gwange area of Maiduguri.