The Bauchi State Police Command has commenced an investigation into the suspected murder of Jemimah Dutse, a former All Progressives Congress (APC) women leader in Bauchi South.
Dutse was reportedly found dead in a pool of blood inside her residence at Muazu New Layout, Yelwa, Bauchi, with her throat slit by yet-to-be-identified assailants.
The Police said the incident was reported at the ‘E’ Division on October 3, 2026, at about 2:07 pm by a 49-year-old resident of Muazu New Layout.
According to the spokesperson of the Command, SP Nafiu Habib, in a statement issued on Sunday, detectives attached to the division immediately visited the scene, documented the area and evacuated the deceased’s body to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH), Bauchi, for medical examination and autopsy.
