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Police arrests woman for allegedly stabbing mother-in-law to death in Niger
A woman, Fatima Sani, has been arrested by police in Niger State for allegedly stabbing her mother-in-law to death.
The state Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Usman, who confirmed the woman’s arrest to journalists in Minna, said she had a misunderstanding with her husband, Sani Umaru, on April 23 and the quarrel led to the duo’s divorce.
He said: “The suspect alleged that her mother-in-law, Aishatu Umaru, 70 of Tozon Daji village instigated her son to divorce her.
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“It was based on this assumption that the suspect traced the mother-in-law to her village and stabbed her to death.”
Usman said the case is under investigation and the suspect would soon be charged to court.
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