Police arrest, detain 23-year-old lady over murder of rival wife

The police have apprehended a 23-year-old housewife, Rabi’a Labaran, for killing her co-wife in Daura LGA.
The spokesman for the police command in Katsina, Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday.
He said the murder occurred behind Dadi Primary School, Sabon Gari in Daura when a domestic dispute between the co-wives was suspected of having escalated into a fatal confrontation.
On May 24, at about 11:00 p.m., their husband, Nasir Yusuf, reported to the Sabon Gari Division that he had returned home from the market and found his first wife, Zainab Lawal, 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,” said the police statement.
The police added that, during the investigation, the accused co-wife, Rabi’a Labaran, was arrested in connection with the crime.
The statement said the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence, stating that a misunderstanding with the deceased led to a scuffle and the tragic incident.
Police commissioner Bello Shehu urged the public to shun all acts of domestic violence and refrain from taking the law into their own hands instead of seeking legal means to redress cases of disputes.
He said the suspect would be prosecuted after completion of the investigation.
(NAN)
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