A 20-year-old lady identified as Suwaiba Shuaibu has been arrested by the police in Kano state, for stabbing to death a 17-year-old girl named, Aisha Kabir, whom her husband had planned to get married to on January 9.
According to the Police Spokesperson in the State, Abdullahi Haruna, on January 2, the father of the deceased, Kabiru Jafaru, reported to the police that the body of his daughter who had gone missing on January 1, 2021, was found in an uncompleted building in their neighborhood.
The father revealed that his daughter was suspected to have been stabbed on her neck by her killer(s).
Haruna said acting on the complaint, an investigation was launched and the suspect was arrested.
“Investigations revealed that the deceased and the suspect’s husband had been in proposed relationship for over six years and their Wedding Ceremony was scheduled to hold on January 9, 2021.
During interrogation, the suspect freely confessed she had called the victim on phone, deceived and lured her to an uncompleted building in their neighborhood where she used a sharp knife to stab her on her neck, chest and other parts of her body.
“She disclosed she killed the victim out of jealousy, because her husband proposed to marry her.”
