Fatima Malam, a middle-aged lady, is on the run after reportedly stabbing her neighbor’s 6-year-old daughter, Sherifat Usman, in Gadon Kaya Damatsiri in Kano State’s Gwale Local Government Area.
According to reports, the suspect stabbed Sherifat over her husband’s purported plot to acquire another wife with the help of the victim’s father.
A local source disclosed that Fatima stabbed Sherifat multiple times in the stomach in an act of revenge in response to her father’s alleged meddling in her marital household.
The source explained that Fatima was enraged when she discovered that Sherifat’s father, a close friend of her husband, had been the one urging him to take on a second wife.
However, Fatima’s husband, Mallam, stated that his wife is mentally ill. The investigation however found that Fatima had enticed Sherifat to accompany her to Mariri in Kumbotso Local Government Area, where she stabbed the little girl multiple times on her stomach.
“On their way to Mariri, Fatima borrowed a kitchen knife.” “She took Sherifat to an unfinished building and stabbed her several times on her stomach with the sole intent of killing her,” the insider added.
“Fatima wanted to kill Sherifat because she believed her father was the one who encouraged her husband to take on a second wife.”
“Fatima has been behaving strangely recently. She hauled out a pestle one evening a few weeks ago, threatening to murder someone if her husband finally chooses another woman.”
It was further said that after stabbing Sherifat, Fatima fled the scene, assuming the little child was dead.
However, her cries drew passers-by, who ultimately raced inside the unfinished structure and rescued the little girl who had survived the heinous crime.
SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, spokesman for the State Police Command, confirmed the incident to the media on Wednesday, May 17, saying the case is still under investigation and police are attempting to apprehend the feeling suspect.
