Crimes

Man kills stepmother, sister in Kano

The operatives of the Kano State Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old man, Gaddafi Sagir, for allegedly stabbing his stepmother with screwdriver and strangled his 8-year-old sister to death.

The command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this via a statement issued on Sunday.

Kiyawa stated: “On January 7, at about 11:30 p.m, we received an information from one Sagir Yakubu of Rijiyar Zaki Quarters Kano, that he returned home and met his pregnant wife Rabi’atu Sagir, 25, and her daughter, Munawwara Sagir, 8, in a pool of blood dead.

“He is strongly suspecting his son, Gaddafi.

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“On receiving the information the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mamman Dauda, instructed a team of detectives led by CSP Usman Abdullahi, DPO Rijiyar Zaki Division, to ensure the arrest of the culprit.

“The team immediately went to the scene and rushed the victims to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano, where they were confirmed dead by a medical doctor.”

He noted that the suspect was arrested in an uncompleted building in an attempt to escape from Kano.

The police spokesman said the suspect, during preliminary investigation, confessed to have single-handedly used a screwdriver to stab his stepmother on her neck and forehead.

“He also strangled her daughter with her head tie until she was no longer breathing and investigation is ongoing,” Kiyawa disclosed.

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