A 30-year-old woman, Farida Abubakar, has allegedly killed her former husband in Birnin-Kebbi, Kebbi State.
Spokesperson of the state command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, said in a statement on Friday that Farida had been taken by the police on Thursday, at about 11:40 p.m, after receiving information of a strange noise in the deceased’s house.
The PPRO said the Divisional Police headquarters, Gwadan Gwaji, in Birnin Kebbi, received a report from neighbors about strange noise being heard from the house of the deceased, Attahiru Ibrahim of Aliero quarters, Birnin Kebbi, and his gate was also locked.
He said on reaching the residence, policemen found Ibrahim lying down in the pool of his blood and was later confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
“Similarly, his estranged wife, Farida Abubakar, 30, was also seen inside the compound,” he said.
Abubakar said that she was suspected and arrested in connection with the case.
He said that the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Magaji- Kontagora, had directed the Birnin Kebbi Divisional Police headquarters to immediately transfer the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID).
“This is for discreet investigation with a view to unraveling the circumstances surrounding the ugly incident,” Abubakar said.
