A middle-aged woman simply identified as Fatima Matar Malam, has stabbed a six-year old girl, Sherifat Usman over alleged plans of her husband to get a second wife through advice from the girl’s father.
It was gathered that, in an act of vengeance, Fatima stabbed Sherifat severally on her stomach with the intention to kill her over her father’s alleged meddlesomeness into her marital home.
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Sources told our reporter that Fatima was angered when she learnt that Sherifat’s father, a bosom friend of her husband, has been the one inducing him to get another wife.
However, Fatima’s husband, identified as Mallam, claimed that his wife is mentally deranged.
The two families are residents of Gadon Kaya Damatsiri in Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State.
Sources explained that Fatima had lured Sherifat to escort her to Mariri area in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state where she stabbed the little girl severally on her stomach.
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“On their way to Mariri, Fatima bought a kitchen knife on credit. She took Sherifat to an uncompleted building where she stabbed her severally on her stomach with the sole intention to kill her.
“Fatima wanted to kill Sherifat in vengeance because she felt her (Sherifat) father was the one instigating her husband to get a second wife.
“Fatima has been acting strange in recent times. Some weeks ago, she brought out a pestle one evening threatening that she would kill somebody if her husband eventually takes another wife.”
It was learnt that after stabbing Sherifat, Fatima hurriedly left the scene believing that the little girl was dead.
But her cry attracted passers-by who eventually rushed into the uncompleted building and rescued the little girl who survived the grievous attack.
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The Public Relations Officer of the Kano State Command Police, SP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday.
He, however, said the matter was still under investigation as police are making efforts to arrest the fleeing suspect.
