Five Arrested Over Woman’s Murder In Kano

Mustapha was murdered in her matrimonial home while her two children, a three-year-old and a one-and-half-year-old, were beaten to a pulp by the killers

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Five suspects fingered in the murder of a 24-year-old woman, Rukkaya Mustapha, at Danbare town of Kumbotso Local Government Area of Kaduna state have been arrested by the police.

Mustapha was murdered on Saturday in her matrimonial home at Danbare at about 7 pm while her two children, a three-year-old and a one-and-half-year-old, were beaten to a pulp by the killers.

Speaking while on a condolence visit to the deceased’s family, the Deputy Governor, Nasiru Yusuf Gawuna, and the Police Commissioner in conjunction with the Director of the Department of State Services, said five persons have been arrested in connection with the crime.

Gawuna lamented that the murder is coming at a time when Kano is still mourning the sad killing of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar by her own teacher

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