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The Sokoto State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the alleged murder of a 43-year-old woman, Yemisi Adio, by her husband, Taiwo Adio. This is contained in a statement signed by the Spokesman of the command, El-mustapha Sani, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Sokoto on Sunday. Sani said that the incident took place on Saturday at the old Airport Area. He said that the suspect had used the same pestle with which he killed his wife, to kill three other persons. The victims, according to him, were: Rachael Adewole, 42, Dennis Adewole,10, and Esther Badelu, 14, all of the same address. The police spokesman further said that the pestle had been recovered as an exhibit, while the case was being investigated by the command’s Criminal Investigation Department. ”All the corpses had been deposited at the morgue of the Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, for post mortem,” he added.

The family of sick ovarian cancer patient, Mayowa Ahmed have announced the death of their sister who had been flown to South Africa for surgery. A family member, Asiwaju Foye, in a series of tweet around 1.23 pm on Sunday afternoon said Mayowa passed away in the early hours of Sunday. Foye, however, did not disclose whether the unfortunate incident occurred in Nigeria or in the South Africa based hospital.   He tweeted, “By Allah, in whose hands our lives is, Mayowa Ahmed has left us in this world. We pray that Jannat becomes her home #RipMayowa. She tried, we tried but God’s will prevailed #RipMayowa” Our correspondent who had placed calls and sent text messages to Mayowa’s brother, Ibrahim Ahmed telephone line, could not get any response to confirm the news which broke on social media. Mayowa , a stage 1V cancer patient, supported by Nollywood actress, Toyin Aimakhu; and Miss Aramide Kasumu, the director of Lifestake Foundation, had launched an online