Woman defrauds man, plots his death in Katsina

Andrew Orolua, Abuja

The police in Katsina state have arrested a young woman who defrauded a man of N1.9 million and later plotted to kill her victim.

Hassatu Isah, 30-year-old, was alleged by the police to have defrauded his victim one Rabiu Haruna also 30.

She was also, alleged to have planned to eliminate Rabiu by poisoning.

Katsina state Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba, who confirmed the development, said Hassatu was arrested on April 12 this year after allegedly collecting over N1.9 million from Rabiu and promised to make some powerful charms for him.

When she reportedly failed to deliver as promised, she plotted to eliminate her victim, the police chief stated.

According to him, when Hassatu failed to kill Rabiu through poisoning, she hired a notorious assasin, Babangida Dalha, to physically eliminate Rabiu. She reportedly paid Babangida N50, 000 to do the job.

Rabiu, in his initial statement, said he is a bureau de change operator in Jiba and that he gave the money to Hassatu to buy him some plot of land after she had helped in curing his wife of an ailment.

He added that the suspect did not buy any land and failed to refund the said money.