A 26- year-old woman, Hauwa Habibu has been arrested by the the police command in Kano State for using a cutlass to hack her two children to death over a dispute with her husband for taking a second wife.
It is reported that the incident happened at Diso Quarters ,Gwale Local Government Area (LGA) of the State on Saturday, October 3,2020.
DSP Abdullahi Haruna, spokesman for the command said the police received information that the suspect allegedly hacked her two children to death.Haruna said that the victims were identified as Yusuf Ibrahim,6, and Zuhra Ibrahim,3,.
The victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano and were confirmed dead by doctors on duty.It is also reported that Hauwa also stabbed one Aisha Abdullahi, 10, who was her younger sister’s daughter.She was rushed to the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, kano, for treatment.