Salamatu Hassan, an 85-year-old resident of Jar-Kuka village in Gezawa local government area of Kano, has committed suicide.

According to Magaji Musa Majia, a deputy superintendent of police and spokesman of the Kano state police command, the octogenarian hanged herself on a tree.

He said the mother of six was suffering from mental disorder.

Majia added that the police took the victim’s body to the Sir Muhammadu Sanusi General Hospital, where she was confirmed dead.

Someone resident in the nighbourhood said the lifeless body of the woman was found in the early hours of Sunday.

Muhammad Ibrahim, her grandson, said she had been missing for two days, before her corpse was found on the outskirts of the village.

Hassan has been buried in accordance with Islamic rites.