Woman accused of killing own children pleads not guilty
A housewife, Hauwa Habibu, accused of killing her two children has pleaded not guilty before a magistrate court on Wednesday. Hauwa, a health worker with Dala LGA was alleged to have killed her two children, Irfan Ibrahim, 6 and Zuhura Ibrahim, 3, and injured a niece, Aisha Sadiq, 10, in October. 10 things to know […]
A housewife, Hauwa Habibu, accused of killing her two children has pleaded not guilty before a magistrate court on Wednesday.
Hauwa, a health worker with Dala LGA was alleged to have killed her two children, Irfan Ibrahim, 6 and Zuhura Ibrahim, 3, and injured a niece, Aisha Sadiq, 10, in October.
At the resumed sitting, after her denial, counsel to Hauwa, Huwaila Ibrahim, asked the court to send her client to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation and was not objected by the prosecutor, Barr Laminu Soron Dinki.
The presiding magistrate, Hauwa Lawan Minjibir, upheld their requests and sent the accused to a psychiatric hospital for evaluation and adjourned the matter to January 5, 2021.