Suwaiba Shuaibu, a housewife in Kano, has been remanded in prison by a Magistrate Court for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée, Aisha Kabir, to death.
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The18-year-old suspect was arrested on January 2, 2021, and during interrogation, confessed that she killed the victim out of jealousy because her husband was planning to marry her.
The prosecutor, Asma’u Ado, told the court that on January 1, 2021, at about 10:00pm, the defendant called her husband’s fiancée on phone.
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“In the process, the defendant deceived and lured the victim into an uncompleted building at Gimawa village, attacked and stabbed her with a sharp knife on her neck and chest.
On January 2, the victim was found at the uncompleted building by her father, Kabiru Jafaru, and was rushed to the Tudun Wada General Hospital where she was confirmed dead,” Ado said,
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The prosecutor added that the offence contravened Section 221 of the state Penal Code.
However, it was stated that Shuaibu later denied committing the crime.
The chief magistrate, Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti, ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP).
The magistrate adjourned the case till March 17, 2021.
