A woman has killed two of his children because her husband got married to another woman

One woman known with Hauwa has killed two of her children in Kano State because her husband married a second wife.

The deceased kids are identified Yusuf, 7 year old boy and Zahra’u , a girl of 3 years.

Reports reaching Okeigbobaze state that the incident occurred on Saturday morning, October 3 in Diso village, Gwale Local Government area of the state, when the husband went to spend sometime with his second wife’s place.
The husband’s brother  Sadiq Haruna Aminu, confirmed the tragic incident as he revealed his sister-in-law had been living with envy and jealousy ever since his brother married another wife.

Sadiq disclosed that his brother got married to a new wife two months ago before the sad incident took place.



“This incident happened when the husband was away and in his new wife’s place. His eldest wife, Hauwau ‘called him on phone this morning that all was not well in their house only for him to return to the house and meet the lifeless bodies of the children in the pool of blood. She carried out the atrocities and ran away from the house”, he said.

“She beat the children and used knife to cut them. Her sister’s daughter (10-year-old) who was living with them was another victim but she survived with cuts on her hand and she is the witness when the incident happened. We don’t know her whereabouts at the moment because we spoke with security operatives. We learnt she went to her parent’s house.” he added