Rabi’a Labaran, a 23-year-old woman, shot and killed her co-wife Zainab Lawal in Katsina’s Daura Local Government Area.
According to Gistmania, the event took place behind Dadi Primary School in Daura’s Sabon Gari area, when a personal disagreement between co-wives turned deadly.
DSP Abubakar Sadiq, the command’s spokesperson, verified the occurrence in a statement released on Sunday, May 25, 2025.
“On May 24, 2025, at about 2300 hours (11pm), a report was received at the Sabon Gari Division through one Nasir Yusuf, the husband, that he had returned home from the market and found his first wife, namely, Zainab Lawal ‘F’, 30 years old, lying in a pool of blood; she had been st@bbed multiple times with a knife,” the statement read.
“Upon receipt of the report, quickly, the DPO led a team of operatives to the scene and subsequently rushed the victim to Federal Medical Centre, Daura for medical attention, where she was pronounced d3ad by the doctor on duty.
“During the investigation, her co-wife, one Rabi’a Labaran ‘F’, 23 years old, of the same address, was arrested in connection with the offence, where she confessed to the commission of the offence, stating that a misunderstanding with the deceased led to a scuffle and the tragic incident. Investigation is ongoing.”
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