A resident of Kawo Audu Saye in Nassarawa local government area of Kano State allegedly took the life of his eldest wife by slaughtering her with a knife.
Malam Muhammad Tukur, who is married to two women, was said to have killed his first wife around 4:30am yesterday after he reportedly “dreamt that the deceased had targeted him for assassination”.
Residents told Daily Trust that neighbours heard a loud shrill of the women from his house around 4am, following which they invited the police. “He possibly must have attacked her while she was asleep,” they said.
A neighbour, who wants to remain anonymous, said the alleged attacker has children with the slain wife, adding however that there were rumours that he recently suffered mental breakdown and was taken to a local doctor.
“I stopped seeing him for some days and when I enquired after he returned two days ago, I was told he was taken to a traditional doctor for cure,” said the neighbour.
Daily Trust was also told that Malam Tukur took his second wife not long ago.
Kano Police Command’s spokesman ASP Musa Magaji Majiya, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect is now in their custody.
Majiya said the suspect had confessed during interrogation to stabbing his wife to death after having a dream. “He said the wife appeared in his dream trying to kill him with a knife. That is why he killed her,” he said.
