The Police Command in Kano State has arrested a mother-of-four, Fatima Hamza, who is accused of killing her housemaid, Khadija Rabiu, Njenje Media News reports.
She was arrested after she was accused of beating the late Khadija to a pulp and inserting dried pepper and metal object in her vagina.
The 16-year-old girl, an indigene of Kwara State, reportedly died as a result of injuries she sustained from the beating.
The suspect in her defense, said her, who spent about four months in the house was ill for two days before she died from complications from cat bites.
The Kano State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the command had done a thorough investigation on the matter and it has concrete evidence at hand to prosecute the woman.
