The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the suspected mvrder of Jemimah Dutse, a former All Progressives Congress Women Leader in Bauchi South
Punch Metro learnt this from a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Habib, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, Sani-Omolori Aliyu.
Habib said Dutse was found d.ead in a pool of blood inside her residence at Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, Bauchi, with her throat allegedly slit by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
He stated, “On 3rd October, 2026, at about 1407hrs, a 49-year-old man of Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, reported at ‘E’ Division that the lifeless body of the deceased was discovered in a pool of blood inside her residence at Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, with her throat slit by yet-to-be-identified assailant(s).”
The PPRO said detectives attached to the division promptly visited the scene, documented it and evacuated the body to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi, for medical examination and autopsy.
Following the incident, the Commissioner of Police directed that the case be transferred to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet and thorough investigation.
“Consequently, the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has directed the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet and thorough investigation.
“The investigation is with a view to unraveling the circumstances surrounding her murder and bringing perpetrators to justice,” Habib stated.
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