By Zubairu Idris
The Police Command in Katsina State has apprehended a 23-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, for allegedly killing her co-wife.
The incident took place in Daura local government area of the state.
The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abubakar Aliyu, made this known in a statement, on Sunday in Katsina.
He said that the tragic incident occurred behind Dadi Primary School, Sabon Gari in Daura town, when a domestic dispute between the co-wives was suspected to have escalated into a fatal confrontation.
The PPRO said that on May 24, at about 11p.m., their husband, one Nasir Yusuf, reported to the Sabon Gari Division that he returned home from the market and found his first wife, named Zainab Lawal, lying in a pool of blood.
“She had been stabbed multiple times with a knife.
“Upon receiving the report, the DPO led a team of operatives to the scene and subsequently rushed the victim to the Federal Medical Centre, Daura, for medical attention, where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.”
Aliyu said that, during investigation, the suspect one Rabi’a Labaran was arrested in connection with the offence.
He said that the suspect confessed to committing the crime, adding that a misunderstanding with the deceased led to a scuffle and the tragic incident.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Bello Shehu, urged the public to shun all acts of domestic violence and refrain from taking the law into their hands.
He said that the suspect would be charged to court after completion of the investigation.(NAN)
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