The Katsina Police Command on Thursday paraded a 25-year-old man, Najib Shehu, for allegedly using a pestle to kill his 60-year-old stepmother.
The spokesman of the police in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, who paraded Shehu at the command’s headquarters, said the incident happened penultimate Thursday.
The suspect, while speaking to journalists, said, “My name is Najib Shehu. I am 25-year-old and a 200-level Education Management student at the Federal University, Dutsin-ma.
“I have been having issues with my stepmother. But on that day, Thursday, I had just observed prayers and returned to our house. My father was sitting in the sitting room. Then, my stepmother entered holding a pestle and threatening me with it.
“She raised the pestle up to hit my head but I defended it. Then she wanted to hit on my legs but being a footballer, I jumped up and dodged it. That one hit my father’s leg who was coming to intervene.
“Again, my stepmother raised the pestle up and wanted to hit me on the head again and I pushed her, the development which made the pestle hit her on the head and caused her to fall down and die.
“My mother is the first wife of my father and they are separated. I am however staying together with my father along with my stepmother at Ambassador Quarters, Katsina here. I regret my action as I did not want to commit the sin.”
The police spokesman said the suspect would be arraigned in court immediately after the completion of investigation.
“You know it is a murder case and we must investigate thoroughly. We shall arraign him in court anytime from now immediately after the completion of our investigation,” Isah said.
A statement earlier issued by the command said “On 18, August 2022 at about 4 p.m, one Najib Shehu, 25, of Ambassador Quarters, Katsina, had a misunderstanding with his stepmother, Asiya Mohammed, 60 years of the same address. He went to the kitchen, grabbed a pestle, hit her severally with it on her head and as a result of which she sustained head injuries and was confirmed dead by a medical doctor.
“In the spur of the moment, the suspect also hit his father severally with the said pestle on his leg and sustained a fracture in different places on his leg.
“The said pestle has been recovered as an exhibit. An investigation is ongoing.”
