The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested Sule Gurmu, the man accused of killing his wife, Umaima Maidawa, in an alleged case of domestic violence that has shaken the Bayawa community in the Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi State.
The incident occurred on January 13, 2026, when Gurmu reportedly struck his 25-year-old wife with the wooden handle of a hoe during a domestic dispute at their residence in Bayawa.
Umaima, according to the police, was confirmed dead shortly after the attack, prompting a swift investigation by security agencies.
Days after the killing, Gurmu fled Bayawa but was eventually tracked down and apprehended on Saturday in Katami town, Silame Local Government Area of Sokoto State, following a directive by the Chairman of Augie Local Government, Yahaya Augie, ordering security agencies to ensure the suspect’s immediate arrest.
It was gathered that the operation, jointly executed by the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, brought an end to the manhunt that spanned Sokoto and Kebbi states.
Augie had earlier visited the crime scene in Bayawa and supervised the transfer of the victim’s body to Argungu General Hospital for autopsy.
Condemning the killing as “abhorrent and unacceptable,” he vowed that his administration would not tolerate domestic violence or criminality in the local government area.