Retired Police Officer Arrested For Allegedly Beating Wife
To Death
A retired Assistant Superintendent of Police has been
arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death in Bauchi.
Daniel Salka, who is also the head of Sabon Layi Kwara hamlet
in Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has been suspended by his
local government over the alleged violence that led to his wife’s death, Hajara
Daniel.
A statement from the Chairman of Bogoro local government,
Iliya Habila, signed by Director of Administration and General Services, Mr.
Marcus Nehemaih, reads: “The suspension is with immediate effect pending
the outcome of an investigation by the police.
It was learnt that Daniel was apprehended by a combined team
of vigilante and DSS after he fled to Bayara, a suburb in Bauchi.
The suspect was thereafter moved back to the village where
the incident took place and handed over to the police in Bogoro for necessary
action.
