A housewife identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu has been arrested for allegedly stabbing to death her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée, Aisha Kabir in Gimawa Village, Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State.
Police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Kano on Tuesday.
Before the ugly incident on Janurary 1st 2021, the husband of the suspect, Shahrehu Alhaji Ali, and the deceased, Aisha were said to have been in a serious relationship for the past six years and were scheduled to tie the knot on January 9th 2021.
It was gathered that Suwaiba (second wife) got wind of the planned wedding ceremony and lured the proposed new bride (late Aisha) to an uncompleted building in the neighbourhood where she stabbed her to death.
The police spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna said the command received a complaint from the deceased’s father, Kabiru Jafaru that his daughter who had gone missing on New year’s day was found dead.
“On January 2, at about 10.30 a.m., 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 January 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.
The Commissioner of Police Kano State Command, CP Habu A. Sani, further raised and instructed a team of detectives, led by DPO Doguwa, CSP Bala Shuaibu, to investigate the matter.
The statement noted that the team swung into action and apprehended 20-year old Suwaiba Shuaibu, who is a second wife to one Shahrehu Alhaji Ali.
“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,’’ the statement said.
The police stated that the case had been transferred to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Section, for discrete investigation, adding that the “suspect will be charged to court at the completion of investigation’’.
