The Kastina State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of an 18-year-old housewife, Maryam Habibu, who killed her stepson.
According to The PUNCH, it was reported that Habibu, drowned her four-year-old stepson in a well Kafur Local Government Area of the state.
The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, who briefed journalists during her parade stated that the teenage housewife was arrested on November 9, 2022.
According to him, Habibu allegedly went to where the late boy was staying, lured him out and then threw him inside a well.
According to Isah, Habibu and the victim’s father were estranged.
Briefly addressing journalists in Hausa, Habibu confessed to the crime and attributed it to fate.
She said, “It’s true I threw the boy inside the well where he died but it has been destined that he would die on that day. That is why he died.”
