Muhammad Sambo, a 42-year-old male, has actually apparently murdered his spouse, Fadimatu Sambo, in Adamawa State.

Sambo apparently murdered the lady and prepared a secret burial prior to he was found and apprehended by the police.

The occurrence, according to the police, took place late last year in Belel under Maiha Local Government Area of the state.

The suspect was on Friday arraigned in Yola, the state capital, and remanded in jail custody by Chief Magistrate Mohammed Abdullahi Digil.

When the First Information Report was read to him, Sambo pleaded not guilty to the charge of culpable murder, which is contrary to Section 191 of the Penal Code Law.

The prosecutor, Seargent Ahmed Abubakar, had actually notified the court that Sambo strongly attacked his other half and privately welcomed some females to prepare her dead body for burial.

The FIR seen by SaharaReporters reads in parts, “It was one Jauro Sale of Sorau Belel who reported the abhorrent criminal offense to the police on the exact same date by 7:00 pm, where he informed the authorities on the incident.

“Jauro Saleh informed the cops that late Fadimatu was found lying uncounscious in her bedroom with her head in a pool of blood with marks of violent attacks on the head and entire body.

“He told to the police that when the victim was hurried to a hospital for medical attention, she was accredited dead by a medical physician. Investigation resulted in the arrest of the hubby.”

Sambo denied eliminating his spouse, firmly insisting that he was at Pasiyo Market, a border town in Cameroon, when the event took place.

He even more discussed that a person Abdullahi Mamsa informed him about the death of his other half when he returned from Cameroon by 4:00 pm that eventful day.

However, members of the neighborhood presumed foul play when Sambo made frantic efforts to perform secret burial for his wife, the police stated.

The presiding magistrate bought that the offender be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the case till February 16, 2022.

If founded guilty for the offence, Sambo deals with capital punishment.

ToriNG