The Kano State Police Command has arrested a mother Hauwa Habibu, who hacked her own children to death using a cutlass and steel pestle.
Find the police statement below
KANO STATE POLICE COMMAND DIARY 04/10/2020
ARREST OF SUSPECT FOR HACKING HER TWO BIOLOGICAL CHILDREN TO DEATH
The Kano State Police Command under the leadership of CP Habu A. Sani, psc wishes to inform the general public that on the 03/10/2020 at about 1130hrs, information received revealed that one Hauwa’u Habibu ‘f’ 26 years old of Diso Quarters, Gwale LGA, Kano State attacked and killed her two biological children by name Irfan Ibrahim ‘m’ 6 years old and Zuhura Ibrahim ‘f’ 3 years old and wounded one Aisha Sadiq ‘f’ 10 years old, her niece of the same address, and fled to unknown destination.
Team of detectives immediately rushed to the scene and took the victims to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano where a Medical Doctor confirmed the two children dead, whereas the said Aisha Sadiq was transferred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, treated and discharged.
The Command’s Commissioner of Police, CP Habu A. Sani, psc raised and directed a team of Operation Puff Adder led by SP Nasiru Gusau, Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Gwale Division to arrest the suspect within 24hours. The suspect was arrested on the same date at about 2250hrs.
On preliminary investigations, the suspect confessed to have locked up their dwelling house, used Machete and Aluminium made Pestle and attacked the three helpless children, causing severe injuries on different parts of their bodies where the quick intervention of the Police saved Aisha to live and give the horrific story.
However, CP Habu A. Sani, psc (Kalamu-Waheed) ordered the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) for discreet investigation.
DSP ABDULLAHI HARUNA, PPRO,
FOR: COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, KANO STATE COMMAND
Dateline Nigeria reports that the husband Ibrahim Haruna told the police that his wife must have acted out of her senses, adding that he suspected all was not well based on the conversation they had the night before.
He said even after the incident, when he went to the house of his wife’s mother, he found them discussing as if nothing happened.
