Police in Kano state have announced how Suwaiba Shuaibu, a 20-year-old housewife in Doguwa local government area of Kano state allegedly stabbed husband’s 17-year-old fiancée to death.
Shuaibu has already been arrested.
The command spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Kano on Tuesday.
The statement showed that the incident occurred on Jan. 1, at Gimawa village.
The statement said the investigation revealed that the deceased and the suspect’s husband had been having an affair for more than six years, and were due to wed on Jan. 9.
“On Jan. 2, at about 10.30 am., a complaint was received from one Kabiru Jafaru, of the same address that the body of his 17-year -old daughter, who got missing on Jan. 1, 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 statement explained.
It revealed that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Habu Ahmad, raised and instructed a team of detectives, led by the Doguwa Divisional Police Officer, CSP Bala Shuaibu, to investigate the matter.
The statement noted that the team swung into action and apprehended the suspect.
“During interrogation, the suspect freely confessed she had called the victim on the 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.
“The suspect disclosed she killed the victim out of jealousy, because her husband proposed to marry her,’’ it said.
