Police begin investigation into murder of former APC Women Leader in Bauchi

The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced an probe into the suspected execution of Jemimah Dutse, a erstwhile All Progressives Congress (APC) women person successful Bauchi South.

Dutse was reportedly recovered dormant successful a excavation of humor wrong her residence astatine Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, Bauchi, with her pharynx slit by yet-to-be-identified assailants.

The Police said the incidental was reported astatine the ‘E’ Division connected October 3, 2026, astatine astir 2:07 p.m. by a 49-year-old nonmigratory of Muazu New Layout.

According to the spokesperson of the Command, SP Nafiu Habib, successful a connection issued connected Sunday, detectives attached to the part instantly visited the scene, documented the country and evacuated the deceased’s assemblage to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, for aesculapian introspection and autopsy.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Command, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has directed the contiguous transportation of the lawsuit to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet and thorough investigation.

The Command said the inv...