An 18-year-old divorcee identified as Maryam Habibu who is currently being investigated by the Katsina State Police Command for throwing her four-year stepson, Jamilu Rabi’u inside a well has revealed that she went to the house of her ex-husband and lured the little boy into a nearby area and threw him inside the well, killing him in the process.”
Habibu who was paraded alongside other notorious criminals on Friday at the state command also disclosed that she had in time past used a hoe on her husband’s first wife and the case is still in court.”
According to Habibu, “I once burnt the mattress bought for my mate by our husband because he failed to buy for me too.”
Confirming her arrest, the Public Relations Officer Katsina State Police Command SP Gambo Isah said the action of the divorcee, a resident of Leko village in Danja LGA of Katsina State, eventually led to the death of her stepson.
According to Gambo Isah, “the suspect went to the house of her ex-husband and lured the little boy into a nearby area and threw him inside the well, killing him.”
“The suspect also admitted that she once burnt the mattress bought for her mate by her husband because he failed to buy for her too”, he added.
In a related development, Katsina State Police Command also paraded Surajo Madawaki, the ward head of Gobirawa community in Faskari LGA of Katsina State for allegedly conspiring with terrorists to kill a farmer, identified as Yahaya Danbai.
NigeriaCrime.com learned that Yahaya Danbai was murdered for repelling and killing terrorists who attacked him while working on his farmland on the outskirt of the village.
According to the spokesman of the Katsina command, SP Gambo Isah, the farmer after the fight rushed to the ward head with the AK-47 rifle he recovered from the assailant to notify him of the development but unfortunately was betrayed by the village head who instead of reporting the matter to the police, contacted one Hamisu, said to be the gang leader of the terrorists killed by the brave farmer.
The gang leader in turn mobilised his members and surrounded the village and eventually found and killed the farmer.
Not satisfied, SP Gambo said the gang leader placed N10 million ransom on the community for daring to kill their member, threatening to kill the whole community if they fail to redeem the ransom.
The ward head who disappeared amidst the drama for over three weeks was said to have gone into hiding until he was recently arrested by a team of policemen, SP Gambo disclosed.