A house wife in Kano identied as Hauwa has allegedly killed two of her children after her husband, one Ibrahim Haruna Aminu married a second wife.
The deceased kids were identified as Yusuf (5-year-old) and the Zahra’u (3-year-old).
Reports gathered from their neighbors revealed that the incident occurred on Saturday morning in Diso village in Gwale Local Government area of Kano State.
According to the Uncle of deceased children, Sadiq Haruna Aminu said Hauwau, his brother’s wife and mother of the deceased children, had been living with envy ever since his brother married another wife, leading to her killing her own children.
He said the incident happened when the husband was away and in his new wife’s place. His eldest wife, Hauwau called him on phone in the morning, stating there was an issue at their residence, upon his arrival he meet the lifeless bodies of the children in a pool of blood.
She carried out the atrocities and ran away from the house.
According to reports, she beat the children and used knife to cut them. Her 10 year old sister’s daughter who was living with them was also another victim but she survived with cut on her hand as she witnessed all that happened.
The ward head of Diso, Ahmad Bello said they were all thrown into a state of shock about the incident.
Mr Bello condemned the act carried out by the woman saying she should have taken the matter to court instead of taking the laws into her hand and killing the innocent children.
When contacted the police public relations officer Kano command DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa confirmed the incident.
He said the suspect was in their custody,and investigation had already commenced after the command CP ordered the case to be transfered to b criminal investigation unit.
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