Police arrest man for allegedly killing stepmother, sister in Kano

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Police arrest man for allegedly killing stepmother, sister in Kano

The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a man, Gaddafi Sagir, for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with a screwdriver to death, as well as strangling his 8-year-old sister.

The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest of the 20-year-old suspect in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Kano.

“On Jan. 7, at about 11:30 p.m, we received an information from one Sagir Yakubu of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters Kano, that he returned home and met his pregnant wife Rabi’atu Sagir, 25, and daughter, Munawwara Sagir, 8, in a pool of their own blood.

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“He is strongly suspecting his son, Gaddafi.

“On receiving the information the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Dauda, instructed a team of detectives led by CSP Usman Abdullahi, DPO Rijiyar Zaki Division, to ensure the arrest of the suspect.

“The team immediately went to the scene and rushed the victims to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where they were confirmed dead by a Medical Doctor,” the statement read in part.

According to him, the suspect was arrested in an uncompleted building in an attempt to escape from Kano.

“During preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to have single handedly used a screwdriver to stab his stepmother on her neck and forehead.

“He also strangled the victim’s daughter with her head-tie until she was no longer breathing and investigation is ongoing,” Kiyawa said.

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