A 42-year old father of 9, Mohammed Sale, has been arrested for allegedly killing his 16-year-old daughter, Aisha in Adamawa State.
Report says, the man was informed by his 1st wife, Zulei Mohammed that Aisha was not his biological daughter as she was already pregnant before they got married.
Sale was said to have divorced the 1st wife and left the daughter with the 2nd wife whom he developed hatred for after learning that she was not his real daughter.
On Saturday, October, 9, 2021, the suspect and his friend who is now at large, lured Aisha to the bush on pretense that they were going to buy fish. The duo were said to have used stick to beat her to death, and abandoned her stack naked.
On their way home, Sale was advised by his friend to go and lodge a missing person’s report at the police station which he did at Mayo Belwa divisional headquarters.
Efforts made by the police and family to find the missing Aisha all proved abortive. However, the police who were suspecting Sale, invited him for interrogation but he failed to convince them that he was innocent.
Sale was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of the command for further investigations where he confessed to the crime.
The deceased was discovered in a bush in Mayo Belwa local government area of Adamawa state.
According to the Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, investigations is still on going and the suspect will be charged to court after wards.
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