The 26-year-old mother who butchered her two children with a machete in Kano, Nigeria, has blamed it on hallucinations and paranoia.
On October 4, the suspect named Hauwa Habibu, was arrested by the police after murdering her 6-year-old son Yusuf, and her 3-year-old daughter, Zuhura and also inflicted severe injuries on her 10-year-old niece, Aisha Sadiq at Diso Quarters, Gwale local government area of the state.
When speaking to the journalists at the command headquarters in Kano, Hauwa said that she hallucinated and saw her little children attacking her.
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“I am not even aware I killed my children. I saw my son and daughter attacking me with a knife and another weapon. I called my husband and told him what was happening but he didn’t believe me. So I locked the house and escaped to my mother’s house for safety. The next thing I know was my husband coming to my mother’s house with bloodied clothes saying I killed the children.”
she stated.
The suspect added she had been mentally ill for a long time.
“I used to feel I was being pursued. I even hallucinate a lot but my husband never believed me. Even he himself, I used to see him transforming into a beast with hooves instead of legs,” she claimed.
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Source:GhGossip.com