The Nigeria Safety and Civil Protection Corps, NSCDC, Kano State Command has arrested a 25-year-old ‘mentally sick man, Alkasim Ya’u, for allegedly killing his spouse at Tudun Yola ‘C’, in Gwale Native Authorities Space of Kano State.
The NSCDC Corps Commandant, Mohammed Falala, disclosed this in an interview with the Information Company of Nigeria in Kano on Sunday, January 7, 2024.
Falala mentioned the incident occurred on Friday, January 5, 2024 at about 1330 hours on the residence of Salisu Bala.
The deceased father, Alhaji Ya’u Mohammed, introduced his mentally sick son, Alkasim Ya’u, to Psychiatric Hospital Dawanau, for medical remedy, the place they booked to see a medical physician on Saturday January 6.
He defined that as an alternative of going again to Katsina, the deceased determined to sleep at his brother’s home at similar handle.
“Our investigation revealed that Alkasim grew to become mentally sick as a consequence of his engagement in exhausting medication actions,” he mentioned.
“On their arrival at Tudun Yola, the sick son took a pointy object and injured the daddy, till the intervention of the NSCDC operatives hooked up to the realm who took the sufferer to hospital and arrested the suspect,” he mentioned.
Falala mentioned that already, the household was making preparations to return the corpse to Katsina for funeral, whereas the suspect and the exhibit had been handed over to Rijiyar Zaki Divisional Police Workplace for additional investigation.