The police command in Kano State has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, over alleged hacking of her two children to death at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesman for the command said this in a statement in Kano on Sunday.
He said that on Oct.3, the police received information that the suspect allegedly stabbed her two children to death with a cutlass.
Haruna said that the victims were identified as Yusuf Ibrahim,6, and Zuhra Ibrahim,3.
“On receiving the information, we quickly sent our men to the scene and found the victims stabbed,” he said.
Haruna said that the victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano and were confirmed dead by doctors on duty.
He said that the suspect also stabbed one Aisha Abdullahi, 10, who was her younger sister and was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano for treatment.
He said that the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Ahmad, has ordered the case to be transferred to the Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), for discrete investigation.
An uncle to the murdered children, Sadiq Haruna Aminu, said Hauwau, his brother’s wife and mother of the deceased children, has been living with envy and jealousy ever since his brother married another wife, leading to her killing her own children on Saturday.
“The children were stabbed severally by Hauwa and this was confirmed by Zainab, the eldest of the children that is 10 years old, ” said Sadiq Aminu.
The ward head (Diso) Malam Ahmad Bello who expressed shock over the incident confirmed the incident to newsmen in Kano On Saturday, noting that the incident occurred when the husband was away and in his new wife’s home early on Saturday.
Bello condemned the act, saying, ” we have taken the matter to court instead of taking the laws into her hands.
Kano State Police Command’s Spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna said the command is already investigating the situation.
