The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old housewife Suwaiba Shuaibu of Doguwa Local Government Area of the state for allegedly stabbing to death her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée.
In a statement on Tuesday, Kano police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, said the incident happened on January 1, 2021 at Gimawa village of Doguwa LGA.
The statement said “On January 2, 2021, at about 1030hrs, a complaint was received from one Kabiru Jafaru of Gimawa Village, Doguwa LGA of Kano State, that the body of his 17-year old daughter, Aisha Kabiru, who got missing on January 1, 2021 was found in an uncompleted building in their neighborhood.
“The complainant said the victim was suspected to have been stabbed on her neck by her killer(s).
“Upon receiving the Complaint, the scene was visited and the body was evacuated to Tudun Wada General Hospital for examination by a Medical Doctor.
“The Commissioner of Police Kano State Command, Habu A. Sani, further raised and instructed a Team of Detectives, led by Divisional Police Officer Doguwa, CSP Bala Shuaibu, to arrest the culprit(s).
“The Team immediately swung into action and apprehended one Suwaiba Shuaibu, 20 years old, of the same address with the complainant, who is a second wife to one Shahrehu Alhaji Ali, also of the same address.
“Investigations revealed the deceased and the husband of the suspect have been in proposed relationship for over six years and their wedding ceremony was scheduled to hold on January 9, 2021.
“During interrogation, the suspect freely confessed she had called the victim on phone, deceived and lured her to an uncompleted building in their neighborhood where she used a sharp knife to stab her on her neck, chest and other parts of her body.
“She disclosed she killed the victim out of jealousy, because her husband proposed to marry her.”
The police spokesman said the case has been transferred to the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Homicide Section, for discrete investigation.
“The suspect will be charged to court at the completion of investigation,” he added.
