19-year-old woman allegedly stabs brother to death in Kano

Posted by News Express | 7 July 2019 | 1,182 times

• Mariya Suleiman

The Police Command in Kano State says it has arrested a 19-year-old Woman, Mariya Suleiman, of Badawa Quarters, Kano, for allegedly stabbing her 30-year-old brother, Sani Suleiman, to death.

DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the Police Public Relations’ Officer (PPRO) disclosed this in a statement in Kano on Sunday.

He said the incident occurred on July 6, at about 8 p.m. at Badawa Quarters. Haruna said that preliminary investigations revealed that Suleiman and the victim had a misunderstanding and in the process, she stabbed him to death.

“The misunderstanding occurred when the victim ordered that the music going on during the marriage ceremony of one of their sisters be stopped which Suleiman resisted in the process, she used a knife and stabbed him on his neck,” the PPRO said.

Haruna said the state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr Ahmed Iliyasu, ordered that the case be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department for discreet investigation. (NAN)

Source: News Express