Police operatives in Yobe have arrested a 22-year-old housewife, Zainab Isa, for allegedly stabbing her husband to dying within the state capital, Damaturu.
The spokesman for the state police command, Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident in a press release on Wednesday.
He reported that the suspect stabbed her husband, Ibrahim Yahaya, 25, with a knife following an argument at Abbari ward.
“The command is saddened by the unlucky actions of a pair that led to the dying of a promising younger man because of the penalties of an abusive marriage.
“On June 26, 2024, at about 10:00 am, the C Divisional Police Headquarters obtained a criticism from a neighbour in regards to the couple. The argument, which started round 9:00 am, escalated right into a bodily altercation. Zainab Isa used a knife to stab her husband within the chest. He died from the harm earlier than the police arrived.,” Abdulkarim acknowledged.
In response to a preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed that she didn’t intend to kill her husband.
She claimed to have acted in self-defence throughout a beating and kicking incident whereas she was nonetheless recovering from a current medical operation following childbirth.
The couple’s second youngster was born in early June.
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