Katsina undergrad smashes step-mum’s head with pestle, breaks father’s leg

Najeeb Umar Shehu killed his stepmother in a most brutal way on Tuesday, following many threats to destroy the woman he believed separated his mum from his dad who are both government workers at Dutsinma, Katsina.

The 24-year-old undergraduate opened the plot Tuesday morning by isolating his step-mum and dad, and then striking one by one, from room to room.

He however succeeded in smashing the woman’s face with a pestle, and breaking his father’s leg, according to a report by the Vanguard.

According Mustapha Shehu Umar, the eldest son in the family, Najeeb has been a pain in their neck in that family. All effort to deal with hi the legal way—arresting him—had dialed thanks to their father who said Najeeb was the last child, and so was dear to him.

“So on Thursday, when I was not around, my sister came around from her husband’s house. She use to come every Thursday, to keep our stepmother company,’ he said.

‘Immediately my sister entered the house, Najeeb closed the entrance gate. Then he went to our Dad’s sitting room and tricked him to his bedroom with the intention to lock him up in the room to avoid him from obstructing his plans but that failed.

“He went to the kitchen and took a pestle and returned to the sitting room where our stepmother was seated with two of her maids and her daughter and closed the door leading to the sitting room,” he said, adding the Najeeb has been a drug addict.

On entering, Najeeb reportedly reminded the woman of his threat to kill her, and straight he hit her  twice on the head.

She fainted.

“My sister quickly held him, and they started struggling. God so kind, she was able to push him down, unlock the sitting room door and ran out.

“He got up immediately and chased her. Our Dad heard the noise, came out and saw him holding the pestle. While trying to protect his daughter, Najeeb knocked him down with the pestle and he also fainted, with his leg broken.

By now, their sister had taken shelter with other women behind a locked door.

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So the murderous undergraduate went back to the stepmother to finish her off.

“Realizing that our stepmother was still alive, he used the pestle to pound her until he was sure that she is lifeless, disfiguring her face in the process,’ the brother said.

Njeeb was not done yet. He went for his brother’s wife, too. She eventually ran to a neighbour’s.

Frustrated, the murderer stood in front of the house, menacing with a pestle in his hand until the police came to arrest him.