A 30-year-old woman, Farida Abubakar, has been arrested by the police in Kebbi State for allegedly k#lling her estranged husband, Attahiru Ibrahim Zagga.
It was gathered that the suspect allegedly st@bbed the victim to de@th at his residence in Alieru Quarters, Birnin Kebbi on Thursday night, August 25.
The command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Abubakar, in a statement on Friday, August 26, said the deceased is a Magistrate judge with Kebbi State judiciary.
“At about 11:40pm on Thursday, Policemen attached to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Gwadangaji, received an information that, a suspected strange noise was heard from the house of the victim, Attahiru Ibrahim, and his gate was also locked.
On receipt of the information, a team of Policemen were swiftly mobilized to the scene and forced themselves into the house where they found the said Attahiru Ibrahim lying down in pool of his own bl@@d and was later confirmed de@d by a medical Doctor
Similarly, his estranged wife, Farida Abubakar, was also seen inside the compound. Hence, she was suspected and arrested in connection with the case,” the statement read.