Son kills stepmother, daughter over father’s broken marriage

A 20-year-old man, Ghadiffi Sagir, has been arrested for hacking his stepmother, Malama Rabi, to death and strangling her daughter.

The incident happened around 11pm on Saturday at Rijiyar Zaki, Layin Dorawanyan Kifi, in the Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State.

Confirming the arrest of the culprit on Sunday, the Chairman, Ungogo LGA, Abdullahi Ramat, said the suspect accused the woman of causing the separation of his mother from his father, Malam Sagir Maimagani.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who also confirmed the murder, said the suspect confessed to the crime.

Kiyawa disclosed that a squad from the State Criminal Investigation Department had commenced investigation into the incident.

(Punch)