A 42-year-old woman identified as Ammi Adamu Mamman, has been slaughtered by yet-to-be identified persons in her residence at Bra Bra Housing Estate in Damaturu, Yobe State capital.
The woman was foud dead with a a deep cut on her neck, Daily Trust learnt.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Yobe State Police Command, DSP Dungus Abdulkareem, said in a statement on Friday that the state criminal investigation department had commenced investigation to fish out the culprits.
According to the statement, one Abubakar Musa, 43, of New Bra Bra Housing Estate bye pass Maiduguri road in Damaturu was sleeping on the same bed beside his wife, one Ammi Adamu Mamman, 42 when she was stabbed with an object on her neck, resulting in heavy bleeding and death.
The statement further revealed that the husband was arrested for interrogation.
It reads in part, “Finding revealed that the couple are staff of the Yobe State University (YSU) Damaturu.
“The command condoled with the bereaved families as efforts are intensified to unravel and arrest the perpetrators.”
Meanwhile, the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Yobe Council has strongly condemned the incident.
The NUJ called on the security agencies to deepen investigation in order to fish out the culprit.
“We are also calling on our colleagues, the journalists to follow up on the matter by giving maximum publicity to enable the arrest of the suspects to prevent future occurrence,” the state NUJ chairman, Comrade Rajab Mohammed Ismail, said.