In Zamfara the police have confirmed the arrest of a 25-year-old man, in the person of Aminu Bala, for allegedly raping and killing his elder brothers wife in Gusau.
The command spokesperson Mohammed Shehu, was parading the suspect on Monday, said that Bala had already confessed to the crime.
According Shehu, he stated that the suspect hailed from Damaga village of Maradun Local Government area of the state.
He said, the Tudun Wada Area Command, Gusau on June 15, at about 04.30 hours, received a distress call from Damba quarters of Gusau metropolis that the suspect had killed his brothers wife.
The police quickly rushed to the scene and discovered the victim, Hauwau Iliyasu in the pool of her own blood having suffered from multiple machete cuts.
She was then immediately taken to the Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau where she was certified dead by doctors.
The spokesman also said the police had reached out in contacting the victims husband, Kabiru Bala via phone call.
He was not in the state, but told the police that the suspect had once threatened to kill the victim, he said.
Shehu said that the command was awaiting the arrival of the victims husband and his written statement which would form part of evidence before the suspect would be prosecuted in court.
Hauwau left behind two children including, a nine-month-old baby.
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