The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Isyaku Babale,30, for stabbing his elder brother to loss of life within the Anguwan Dawaki space of the state.
Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a press release on Sunday, March 31, 2024, stated the suspect was arrested by operatives connected to Township Police Divisional headquarters for an alleged culpable murder.
In line with the PPRO, Isyaku stabbed the deceased with a knife after an argument that ensued between them over a Chilly Patch liquid popularly referred to as ‘Sholi’
The altercation began when the suspect requested the sufferer to cease taking the Sholi of their room due to the disagreeable odour of the liquid.
“The suspect was arrested following a report obtained by the Divisional Police Officer, Township Police Station Bauchi. Detectives from the division have been drafted to the scene instantly. They rushed the sufferer to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Instructing Hospital (ATBUTH) however was licensed useless by a medical physician,” the assertion learn.
“Due to this fact, this improvement prompted the detectives to provoke a manhunt for the suspect. Consequently, the suspect was traced and apprehended close to Kasuwan Shanu space of Bauchi metropolis.
“Preliminary investigations carried out by the detectives connected revealed that the suspect used a knife and stabbed his organic elder brother on the thirty first March 2024 at about 0400hrs after an argument that ensued between them.
“The altercation began when the youthful brother (suspect) requested his elder brother (sufferer) to cease taking Chilly Patch liquid popularly referred to as ‘Sholi’ of their room due to the disagreeable odour of the liquid.
“Each of them grew to become livid with one another and started combating. Shortly after a mediation, the suspect ran and picked a pointy object suspected to be a knife and stabbed the sufferer in his abdomen.
“Additional investigations revealed that each the suspect and the sufferer used to have interaction in combating with involving harmful weapons in opposition to one another.
“The Commissioner of Police CP Auwal Musa Mohammed, psc, has ordered a discreet investigation into the incident to unravel extra motives behind the motion of the suspect and be charged to court docket for prosecution.”
