The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, for allegedly stabbing her two children to death at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area of the state.
DSP Abdullahi Kiyawa, the spokesman for the command, said this in a statement in Kano on Sunday.
He said that on October 3, around 11.30 am, the police received information that Habibu, who lives in Diso quarters, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano, attacked and killed her two children, six-year-old Irfan Ibrahim, and three-year-old Zuhura Ibrahim.
Kiyawa claimed that the suspect also injured her nephew, 10-year-old Aisha Sadiq, before fleeing the scene.
According to the statement, the state Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, ordered a team of detectives to comb the metropolis and arrest the fleeing Habibu, within 24 hours.
‘’A team of detectives immediately rushed to the scene and promptly conveyed the victims to the Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, where a doctor on duty confirmed the two children dead, while the third victim was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, where she was treated and discharged,’’ the statement added.
The police team was said to have arrested the suspect around 10.50 pm on the same day of the incident.
‘’On preliminary investigation, the suspect admitted to having locked up their house and used a machete and an aluminum-made pestle to attack the three helpless children, causing them severe bodily injuries in different parts of their body.
“Meanwhile, CP Habu A. Sani has ordered the transfer of the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation, while Hauwa (Habibu) is still in the custody of the police,” the police spokesman said.
An online news platform, Sahara Reporters, while quoting a family source, claimed that the suspect killed the children because her husband, Haruna Ibrahim, took a second wife.
