Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 22-year-old housewife, Maryam Muntari, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour, Ahmed Kalo, to death over an alleged rape attempt in Idoji-Okene community, Okene Local Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the Command, CSP William Aya, who confirmed the incident stated that the woman is in police custody for further investigation.
“The incident happened at about 5:30am on Thursday at Idoji quarters, Okene. One Ahmed Isah (Kolo) was stabbed to death on the neck in his room by one Maryam Muntari, 21 years old, of Idoji-Okene”, Aya said.
“The suspect has been arrested. Investigation is still ongoing, while the corpse has been taken to Reference Hospital for autopsy”.
According to reports, within the community, indicate that the woman is a nursing mother and the wife of a man, who has been a neighbour and political acquaintance of the deceased in Idoji-Okene for years.
Witnesses said a scream for help from Kolo’s compound in the morning attracted neighbours, who then discovered him on his bed in a pool of blood.
According to the locals, Kolo met Maryam at the water-fetching point early that morning and asked her to help him carry his jerry-can of water to his house, which she obliged.
It was reported that upon reaching his house, the man allegedly locked the main door of his room while she was dropping the water in one of the rooms.
-9News Nigeria.
