An 18-year-old lady Maryam Habibu, has been arrested by the Katsina State police command for allegedly drowning her ex-husband’s four-year-old son in a well in the Kafur Local Government Area of the state.
According to the command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah who revealed in a statement said the teenage suspect was arrested on November 9, 2022.
He said, Habibu allegedly went to her former husband’s house, lured the boy out and then threw him inside a well.
“On 09/11/2022 at about 2200hrs, they succeeded in arresting one Maryam Habibu, ‘F’, aged 18yrs of Leko village, Danja LGA of Katsina state, an ex-step mother, that killed her step son, one Jamilu Rabi’u, ‘M’, aged 4yrs of Illallawa village, Kafur LGA, by throwing the boy into a well,” the PPRO said.
“The suspect went to the house of her ex-husband and lured the little boy into a nearby area and threw the deceased into a well. In the course of investigation, the suspect confessed to the commission of the offence. Investigation is ongoing,”