By Stanley Onyekwere
The operatives of the FCT police command have arrested one Rahimat Salaum of Pegi community, Abuja, for allegedly killing her husband.
Police said upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to gruesome murder of her husband, after a fight ensued between them.
A statement from the Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, yestetday, acting on credible intelligence, its operatives attached to Pegi police Division apprehended the suspect on July 29, 2024, at about 6:00 p.m.
It read in part: “The suspect was attempting to flee with the belongings of the partially paralysed husband and had been reportedly missing for about three days in a mini truck when police operatives swooped in and apprehended her.
“Upon interrogation, the suspect admitted to killing her husband after a fight ensued between them.
“She subsequently led the police operatives to an uncompleted building where she had dumped the gruesomely burned body.
“While investigation is still ongoing, the commissioner of police, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh, psc, mni, wishes to affirm that justice will be served in the matter, as he urged residents to be wary of their environment and report suspicious activities.”
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