Neighbours, who said they heard the deceased crying for help, had rushed to their house where they met a locked front door. Nigeria
, in Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State. The incident, which occurred yesterday morning at about 4:00a.m. was due to a misunderstanding between the young couple.
Spokesperson for the police command in the state, SP Gambo Isah, confirmed the incident.According to Isah, the police “received a report that one Rabi Shamsudeen, 19, of Danjanku village, Malumfashi local government area of Katsina State, stabbed her husband with a knife, one Shamsudeen Salisu, 25. The police accused Sanda of stabbing her husband multiple times at about 3:50a.m. on November 19, 2017. Bilyaminu is the late son of a former national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party .
In a dramatic development, after the judge gave the guilty pronouncement, Sanda made attempt to run out of the courtroom as reactions followed with her relatives shouting in a dramatic attempt to draw public sympathy.What followed was a short break called for by the judge to restore calm. The sentence was delivered after the court resumed reading of the judgment.
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