A 25-year-old man has been arrested in Katsina State for killing his stepmother over a misunderstanding.
The suspect, Najib Shehu, allegedly committed the heinous crime at their Ambassador Quarters, Katsina, at about 4:00 pm on 18 August 2022.
He was said to have run into the kitchen and armed himself with a pestle with which he severally hit the victim, 60-year-old Asiya Mohammed, on the head.
Najib did not stop at that; he descended on his father and, in the same manner, he dealt with his stepmother, hitting him severally on both legs with the pestle, leading to his sustenance of fractures of the legs.
Asiya, the state police command stated in a press release issued by its Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah, was rushed to a hospital where she was certified dead by the medical doctor on duty.
The suspect, the PPRO said, has been arrested and has confessed to committing the crime, stating further that the pestle has been recovered, to be tendered in court as an exhibit.