The
Police Command in Niger have arrested one Fatima Sani, 37 of Gobirawa village
in Mashegu Local Government Area for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to
death.
Usman
said that the suspect had a misunderstanding with her husband, Sani Umaru, on
April 23 which resulted to divorce.
The
suspect alleged that her mother in-law, Aishatu Umaru, 70 of Tozon Daji village
instigated her son to divorce her.
It
was based on this assumption that the suspect traced the mother in-law to her
village and stabbed her to death.
Usman
said that the case is under investigation and the suspect would soon be charged
to court.
He
said the police also received information on April 25 that a seven-man gang of
suspected kidnappers from Goyi village in Gwagwalada, FCT invaded Tufa village
in Gawun Babangida of Gurara LG.
He
said a team of policemen were deployed to the scene and engaged the hoodlums in
a fierce gun battle.
He
explained that three of the hoodlums were arrested with gunshots and one AK 47
rifle and army camouflage uniform were recovered from them.
Usman
said that the suspects were taken to Umaru Musa Yar’Adua Memorial hospital,
Sabon Wuse for medical attention but were confirmed dead by a medical doctor as
a result of the gunshots.
The
Commissioner said that effort to arrest the fleeing members of the syndicate
was in progress.
He
appealed to residents to volunteer information about suspected criminal
elements in their midst.
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