Housewife arrested for killing husband’s fiancée

Joseph Atainyang

The Nigeria Police Force have arrested a 20-year-old housewife, Suwaiba Shuaibu, in Doguwa Local Government Area of Kano State for allegedly stabbing to death her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, in a statement on Tuesday, confirmed the arrest, saying the incident happened on January 1, at Gimawa village.

According to the statement, the deceased and the suspect’s husband had been having affairs for more than six years and were due to wed on January 9.

Mr Kabiru Jafaru of the same address had made a complaint on Saturday, January 2, saying the lifeless body of his missing 17 years old daughter was found in an uncompleted building in their neighbourhood.

“The complainant said the victim was suspected to have been stabbed on her neck by her killer(s).

“Upon receiving the complaint, the police visited the scene and evacuated the lifeless body of the girl to Tudun Wada General Hospital for examination by a medical doctor,’’ the statement read.

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Habu Ahmad, has raised and instructed a team of detectives, led by the Doguwa Divisional Police Officer, CSP Bala Shuaibu, to investigate the matter.

The team was said to have swung into action and apprehended the suspect.

“During interrogation, the suspect freely confessed to have called the victim on a telephone, deceived, and lured her to an uncompleted building in their neighbourhood, 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 added.

Accordingly, the case had been transferred to the command’s Criminal Investigation Department, Homicide Section, for discrete investigation.

The statement further said that the suspect would be charged after investigation.