Middle-aged man stabs grandparents to death over food dispute

By Bashir Bello

KANO—Tragedy struck successful Kano yesterday erstwhile a 30-year-old man, identified arsenic Mutawakilu Ibrahim, allegedly stabbed his grandparents, Muhammad Dansokoto and Hadiza Tasidi, to decease pursuing an altercation implicit food.

Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Kano State Police Command, Abdullahi Haruna, said the suspect, believed to person been nether the power of intoxicants, utilized a weapon to stab some victims aggregate times, inflicting terrible injuries.

The victims were rushed to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano, wherever aesculapian unit confirmed them dead. Their corpses were aboriginal released to their relatives for burial successful accordance with Islamic rites.

According to the constabulary statement: “On September 25, 2025, astatine astir 9:30 a.m., a nonmigratory of Kofar Dawanau Quarters reported that 1 Mutawakilu Ibrahim, aged 30, had a quarrel with his grandparents, Muhammad Dansokoto, aged 75, and Hadiza Tasidi, aged 65, implicit a food-related disagreement.

“During the altercation, the fishy allegedly utilized a weapon to stab some victims successful assorted parts of their bodies, causing terrible injuries. The suspect, suspected to beryllium nether the power of intoxicants, has since been arrested.”

Haruna added that the Commissioner of Police, CP Ibrahim Adamu Bakori, has directed that the lawsuit beryllium transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Homicide Section, for discreet investigation.

He assured that the fishy would beryllium charged to tribunal upon completion of investigations.

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