Two men identified as Faisal Lawal and Abba Nasiru have been arrested by men of the Katsina state police command for allegedly raping and killing their neighbor’s wife in the state.
This was contained in a press statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Gambo Isah.
The PPRO said the suspects, both twenty years of age, on May 11, 2020, scaled the fence of their neighbor, Yunusa Adamu and allegedly took turns to rape his wife, Hajiya Adamu.
The suspects later slaughtered his wife, Hajiya like a ram after she recognised one of them.
“On the 11, May 2020 during the Ramadan, and about 1 a.m, the duo of Faisal Lawal, 20 and Abba Nasiru, 20 scaled the fence of the house of one Yunusa Adamu, entered his house and forcefully had carnal knowledge of his wife. Having recognized that the woman recognized them, they now slaughtered her like a ram.”the statement read.
According to the PPRO, the handset of the deceased was later recovered from one of the suspects, Nasiru.
He added that the clothes Lawal wore during the incident were also recovered with bloodstains.
The spokesperson said both suspects would be charged to court for homicide as soon as possible.
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