24-year-old University Student Beats Stepmother To Death

A 300-level university student in Katsina State, Najeeb Shehu Umar, 24, has allegedly beaten his stepmother to death.

Umar, who lived in their home in Ambassadors Quarters, Katsina State, is student at the Federal University Dutsinma, Daily Post reports.

When his father attempted to interfere, Najeeb also shattered the man’s leg and arm with the pestle, causing confusion in the neighbourhood.

According to a source with knowledge of the situation, his father, Shehu Umar Balele, a zonal inspector with the Katsina Ministry of Education in Katsina, is reportedly receiving medical care at the Orthopaedic Unit of the Katsina Teaching Hospital.

It was also gathered Najeeb frequently showed his contempt for his 65-year-old stepmother, Hajiya Hasiya Galadima, a former employee of the Katsina State Government.

Najeeb, who has a history of drug use, had vowed to kill his stepmother on multiple occasions, blaming her for his father’s divorce from his mother.

While confirming the report, the family’s eldest child, Mustapha Shehu Umar, who also resides in the compound with his wife and children, also mentioned that his brother Najeeb had repeatedly threatened to kill their stepmother but that their father had forbidden them from acting because he wanted him to pursue his education.

However, they had to notify the police of the threat in this case, but nothing concrete was done to stop him.

Mustapha described the incident, claiming that his drug-dependent brother assaulted their stepmother in her living room when her sole child arrived to visit the family home.

“Najeeb entered our stepmother’s sitting room holding a pestle and locked the entrance door. He reminded her of his promise to kill her. Then he smashed her on the head with the pestle twice and she collapsed.

“My sister, who was with our stepmother in the sitting room, rushed and held him. They started struggling and she was able to push him down. Then, she ran and unlocked the entrance door and ran out. While calling for help, he got up and ran after her but for the quick intervention of our father who ran out from his room, he could not get to her. However, he clubbed our father with the pestle, breaking his leg for trying to stop him.

“When he saw that my wife was still in the compound, he started chasing her but God so kind, she was able to escape to our neighbour’s house along with other women. They locked themselves inside one of the rooms in the compound.

“Najeeb followed them to the compound where they hid but fortunately for them, he could not open the door. So, he came to the front of the house, threatening that anyone that is bold enough should come out and face him.

“Neighbours who sighted him alerted the police who now combed the area and finally arrested him and took him to the GRA Police Station,” he said.

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