By Lizzy Carr
Krestnews.com reports from Bauchi indicates that the State Police Command has arrested a 20-Year-Old boy for allegedly killing his mother with a Pestle.
The Police Public Relations Officer CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil in a press statement said on February 24, 2025, the Peace and Security Committee members of Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi reported an incident to the ‘A’ Divisional Police Headquarters that one Safiyanu Dalhatu, a 20-year-old male resident of Abuja Kwata allegedly assaulted his 40 years old biological mother, Salama Abdullahi with a pestle leaving her with fractures on both hands and bodily injuries .
The Divisional Police Officer, CSP Abdullahi Muazu, promptly led a team of detectives to the scene and took the victim to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi for medical attention but was confirmed dead by a medical personnel.
Preliminary investigations shows that there was an altercation between the suspect and his biological mother which led to the assault.
The statement added that the suspect has been apprehended, and the pestle used in the incident has been recovered and documented as exhibits.
Meanwhile the Commissioner of Police, Auwal Musa Mohammed, has directed the State Criminal Investigation Department to carry out a thorough investigation.
It further said on completion of the investigation, the suspect will be prosecuted in a court of law, the statement concluded. (www.krestnews.com).