The police in Gombe State have paraded one Mustapha Adamu Isah, also known as Abbati, for allegedly killing a 58-year-old mother of eight, Aishatu Abdullahi Adda Damori.

The state police public relations officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, said the Pantami Division of the command received a complaint from Muhammad Abdullahi, aged 45, who reported that someone had slaughtered his mother, Mrs Abdullahi, with a knife.

Mr Abubakar stated that when the police arrived at the scene, the victim was found in a pool of blood, and she was immediately rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, where she was declared dead by the doctor.

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 Danjauro, a 17-year-old male, 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 home, 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 thereafter, 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.

“Further investigation revealed through eyewitnesses that at the time of the incident, when the said Aishatu was screaming for help, they were together with the said Idris, who assisted in calling the relatives of the deceased on the phone, but they were not reachable.

“The suspect also confirmed having 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 from the scene as exhibits.

“It is important to note that the Gombe State Police Command is committed to ensuring that the state remains safe and secure for all citizens and residents.

“We believe in the partnership between the Police and the public, and we have been working closely with community leaders, civil society organisations, and other stakeholders to maintain law and order in the state,” he added.

Making his confession to journalists, Mr Abbati said that he went to Damori’s room to take a spanner to fix a motorcycle brought to the mechanic’s garage at the frontage of the house.

“It was my first time committing such a crime, and I don’t know what came over me to kill her because she was the mother of my friend. I found the knife in her room and used it to stab her severally and later slaughtered her and left with the spanner,” he added.