21-year-old man, Babangida Mohammed, has been arrested by the police for straggling his wife to death in Zenge village, Kaltungo LGA of Gombe State.
The Commissioner of Police, Ishola Babaita, while parading the suspects said Mohammed was reported at the Awak Division on June 12, by parents of the deceased who accused him of killing their daughter, Fatsuma Babangida.
“The parents said that Mohammed, on June 6, strangled Fatsuma to death and buried her at a cemetery without informing them of her death.”
The CP also said the command arrested one Ishaku Yila Manaseh (44), a personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), for stabbing to death one Mela Andrews (30) of Awai Quarters in Billiri LGA.
He said Manaseh, on June 10, stabbed the Andrews on his chest over a minor argument at a drinking joint in Billiri town.
The police boss paraded 11 others over offences ranging from criminal conspiracy to attempted kidnapping.