A magistrate court, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of an 18-year-old housewife, Suwaiba Shuaibu, for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée to death.
The Prosecutor, Asma’u Ado, told the court that on January 1, 2021, at about 10.pm, the defendant called her husband’s fiancée, Aisha Kabir, on phone.
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Ado explained that, “In the process, the defendant deceived and lured the victim into an uncompleted building at Gimawa village, attacked and stabbed her with a sharp knife on her neck and chest.
“On January 2, the victim was found at the uncompleted building by her father, Kabiru Jafaru, and was rushed to the Tudun Wada General Hospital where she was confirmed dead,” adding that the offence contravened Section 221 of the Penal Code.
The defendant denied committing the offence.
The Chief Magistrate, Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti, ordered that the defendant be remanded in a correctional centre pending legal advice from the office of the Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), and adjourned the case to March 17, 2021. (NAN)