Boy who killed mother in Kano has arrested in Kano, the the State Police Command, a statement released by the command said.
According to the statement released by the Kano State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Harunaon the boy who killed mother identified as Ibrahim Musa, is being accused of allegedly stabbing his 50-year-old mother to death at Rimin Kebe Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, has been arrested.
SP Abdullahi Haruna said the suspect was arrested at a criminal hideout in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the State.
He explained that the the suspect, who confessed to the crime, will be charged to court upon completion of investigation.
Narrating how the incident happened, the suspect’s elder sister said, “He has spent more than a year without coming to where we are. We just saw him come around 5:30pm. He lives with his father at Kurna after suffering from mental health condition.
“The moment he entered he just asked of her, she was not around but he demanded she be called because she was in the neighbourhood.
“She came happily welcoming him, I was inside listening to them, the moment she opened the door, I heard her shouting and I quickly came out and saw him with a knife.
“He attempted attacking me also but I ran away and that’s when people gathered because they saw him going out suspiciously. He threw the knife outside and ran away.
“She (the deceased) used to visit him whenever she had a bad nightmare about him. The last time she went there, he chased her and she ran to hide in a room while he was held by people.
The last time she went to see him was during the month of Ramadan.”