By AbdulSalam Muhammad

Kano was thrown into shock, yesterday  when  one Miss Joy Akule of Panshekara Quarters  confessed that she stabbed his eleven-year-old boy, born out of wedlock, to end nightmarish relationship with his lover.

Akula, an indigene of Katsina Ala Benue State who was paraded by the police in Kano, said her live in lover, Thomas Kitiona, had refused to solemnize their relationship in accordance with their Tiv traditional right, and thus exposed her to ridicule among her kinsmen.

“It was not a mistake I stabbed  my child, for I intended to cut the boy into  two equal  parts and waste him so that, in the end, the relationship with his father that has brought so much shame and ridicule to  my life is erased totally”, she said.

Joy, who spoke with uncommon courage while opening up to newsmen in Kano on her relationship with his son’s father, was quick to add that she had no regret though happy that the boy in question, Solomon, survived the attack and was due for discharge at Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, Kano yesterday.

According to her, she had tried vainly for the past three years to take custody of the boy but  was resisted by her lover who she accused to have  failed in offering parental responsibilities.

The police in Kano had, penultimate Saturday, at about 0500 hours, arrested Joy for using knife to stab her  son in his abdomen revealing his intestine in the process.

The Kano police Command disclosed that that the incident occurred at Sabuwar Abuja quarters of the Panshekara outskirt of the municipality, pointing out that the 11 years old boy was rushed to hospital for treatment.

The Commissioner of Police disclosed that  the “suspect confessed to the commission of the offence and stated that she did it to cut off any relationship with her former husband” .