- Safiu Kehinde
A 23-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, has stabbed her co-wife, Zainab Lawal, to death in Katsina State.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the Katsina State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Abubakar Aliyu.
According to the statement, 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 their husband, Nasir Yusuf, had on Saturday reported the case to the Sabon Gari Division.
According to Aliyu, the husband said he had returned home from the market and found his first wife 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, for medical attention, where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.” the Police spokesperson said.
Aliyu said that Labaran was arrested in connection with the offence during the investigation.
He said that the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence, stating 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 law into their hands instead of seeking legal means for redress cases of disputes.
He said that the suspect would be charged to court after completion of the investigation.