Following a violent domestic dispute in Daura town, Katsina North, the Katsina State Police Command has detained housewife Rabi’a Labaran, 25, who is accused of killing her co-wife Zainab Lawal, 30.
When a domestic dispute between the co-wives was suspected of going to a fatal confrontation, the tragic incident occurred on May 24, 2025, behind Dadi Primary School in the Sabon Gari Area of Daura town.
Abubakar Sadiq, the spokesman for the Katsina Police Command, stated in a statement on Sunday that the heated argument between the two women eventually led to a fatal altercation.
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After the incident, Sadiq claimed that Nasir Yusuf, the husband, had reported to the Sabon Gari Division that he had returned from the market and discovered his first wife, Zainab Lawal ‘F’, who was 30 years old, lying in a pool of blood, claiming that she had been repeatedly stabbed with a knife.
He continued, adding that the DPO immediately dispatched a team of operatives to the scene and transported the victim to the Federal Medical Center in Daura for treatment. However, the doctor on duty declared her dead.
In connection with the offence, her co-wife, Labaran, 23, of the same address, was detained during the investigation. She acknowledged the offence’s commission, claiming that a disagreement with the deceased led to a tragic incident and a scuffle.
Bello Shehu, the state’s police commissioner, urged the public to abstain from using domestic violence and refrain from taking the law into their own hands as the investigation is advancing.
Source: Channels TV
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