Teenager kills housewife with pestle in Kano, steals her phones

The Kano State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspect, Abdulsamad Suleiman, for the grotesque homicide of a housewife.

Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a press release on Wednesday March 23, stated that the suspect smashed the 21-year-old sufferer to dying with a pestle and made away together with her cell phones.

“On the 12/02/2022 at about 2030hrs, a report was acquired from a resident of Danbare Quarters, Kumbotso LGA Kano State that, on the identical date at about 2000hrs, when he returned from his administrative center to his home, he met his spouse, Rukayya Jamilu, ‘f’, 21 years previous in a pool of her blood immobile on her mattress, and likewise his kids, (1) Anwar Jamilu, ‘m’, 3 years previous, (2) Amina Jamilu, ‘f’, 1-year-old with grievous accidents,” the assertion reads.

“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi raised and instructed a group of detectives led by SP Ibrahim Hamma, Divisional Police Officer, Dorayi Babba Division to proceed to the scene

“The group moved to the scene and rushed the victims to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano the place the housewife was examined and confirmed useless by Medical Physician and the 2 different victims admitted.

“Investigations performed by the Command’s Felony Investigation Division and DSS led to the arrest of the Principal suspect, one Abdulsamad Suleiman, ‘m’, 18 years previous, of Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Gwale LGA Kano State and his confederate, one Mu’azzam Lawan, ‘m’, 17 years previous of the identical handle

“On discreet investigation, the principal suspect confessed that on 12/02/2022 at about 1600hrs, he went to the home of the deceased as his relative and met her on the mattress.

“After he greeted her, he noticed three (3) Cellphones and took them. Having realized that, she acknowledged him, he used a wooden-made pestle and repeatedly hits her on her head and likewise hits her two kids and left with the Cellphones.

“He additional confessed that he gave one of many Cellphones to his pal and offered the opposite two at Twelve Thousand Naira (N12,000:00). His pal was arrested and likewise confessed to having offered the cell phone given to him belonging to the deceased at Two Thousand Naira (N2,000:00). The case shall be charged to courtroom upon completion of the investigation,”

The Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, warns that criminals can have no hiding place in Kano State. They’re suggested to both repent or depart the State utterly. In any other case, they are going to be arrested and face the total wrath of the Regulation.

Rigorous patrol, raids of legal hideouts, and black spots will proceed all through the State, because the Command will maintain the continued “Operation Puff Adder”, he stated.