A 26-year-old man, identified as Aminu Inuwa has been apprehended
by the Police Force in Kano for allegedly slaughtering his 17-year-old wife,
Safara’u Aminu to death.
Daily Post
reports has it that the Command’s Public Relations Officer(PPRO), DSP Abdullahi
Haruna, confirmed the arrest of the suspect in an interview with the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Thursday.
He said, “On
April 3 at about 11am the command received a report that on April 2 at about
12pm Inuwa slaughtered his wife to death with knife.”
Haruna alleged
that the suspect and his wife had misunderstanding, after which Inuwa
slaughtered his wife and buried her in the house.
“The police
exhumed the corpse from the grave and took her to Murtala Muhammad Specialist
Hospital Kano for autopsy,” he said.
He said the
command had since commenced investigation in the matter.
The PPRO said
during investigation, the suspect had confessed committing the crime.
The suspect
however, would be charged to court as soon as the investigation of the murder
is completed.
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