The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu, over alleged killing of her two children at Diso Quarters in Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
Spokesman of
the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, who confirmed the development in a statement
while parading the suspect in Kano on Sunday, October 4, said the police
received information that the suspect allegedly hacked her two children to
death with a cutlass.
"On the
03/10/2020 at about 1130hrs, information received revealed that one Hauwa'u
Habibu 'f' 26 years old of Diso Quarters, Gwale LGA, Kano State attacked and
killed her two biological children by name Irfan Ibrahim 'm' 6 years old and
Zuhura Ibrahim 'f' 3 years old and wounded one Aisha Sadiq 'f' 10 years old,
her nephew of the same address, and fled to unknown destination," the
statement reads.
"Team of
detectives immediately rushed to the scene and took the victims to Murtala
Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano where a Medical Doctor confirmed the two
children dead, whereas the said Aisha Sadiq was transferred to Aminu Kano
Teaching Hospital, treated and discharged."
"The
Command's Commissioner of Police, CP Habu A. Sani, psc raised and directed a
team of Operation Puff Adder led by SP Nasiru Gusau, Divisional Police Officer
(DPO) Gwale Division to arrest the suspect within 24hours. The suspect was
arrested on the same date at about 2250hrs."
"On
preliminary investigations, the suspect confessed to have locked up their
dwelling house, used Machete and Aluminium made Pestle and attacked the three
helpless children, causing severe injuries on different parts of their bodies
where the quick intervention of the Police saved Aisha to live and give the
horrific story.
Haruna said
that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Habu Ahmad, has ordered the case to
be transferred to the Homicide Section, State Criminal Investigation Department
(SCID), for discrete investigation.
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