Man, 25, Arrested For Killing Brother, Wife In Kebbi

A man, Idirisu Musa, 25, has been arrested by police for allegedly killing his elder brother Mohammed Haruna and his wife, Habiba Mohammed, with a cutlass while they were asleep in their house in Asarara village of Kimba District in Jega local government area of Kebbi State.

In a statement issued to journalists over the weekend, the spokesman of the Kebbi State Police Command, SP Bashir Usman, said the suspect attacked the deceased with a cutlass and stabbed them while asleep, He said they later died as a result of the serious injuries the suspect inflicted on them.

Usman said the attacker had been detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) at the Force Headquarters in Birnin Kebbi.

He indicated that the suspect would soon be charged to court after investigation.