Police recover corpse of 20-year-old housewife

The Police in Jigawa have recovered the corpse of a 20-year - old housewife near a bush in Dutse Local Government Area of the state .

The Police spokesman in the state , SP Abdu Jinjiri , confirmed the incident to the

News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Tuesday.

Jinjiri said the remains of the deceased, who was identified as Sahura Shuaibu , was recovered at about 9 : 00 p. m . in Bukki village on Sunday.

“ On June 24 at about 8 a . m . , a report was received by the Police in Dutse from one Musa Ado of Warwade village that one Sahura Shuaibu aged 20 , was found dead in a nearby bush in Bukki village of Dutse Local Government Area , ” Jinjiri said .

The spokesman added that upon receipt of the information , a team of policemen was drafted to the scene and recovered the corpse.

According to him , a hoe , suspected to have been be used by the suspect in killing the deceased, was also recovered at the scene .

Jinjiri further said the corpse had been taken to Dutse General Hospital for postmortem , while efforts were being made to arrest the fleeing suspect .

( NAN )