The police in Katsina State have apprehended a 23-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, for allegedly killing her co-wife in Daura Local Government Area.
The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Katsina.
He said 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.
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The PPRO said, ‘’On May 24, at about 11pm, their husband, one Nasir Yusuf, reported at 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 Federal Medical Centre, Daura, where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.”
Aliyu said that during the investigation, her co-wife, one Rabi’a Labaran, was arrested in connection with the offence.
He said that the suspect confessed to the crime, saying 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 the suspect would be charged to court after investigation. (NAN)
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