He also broke his father’s leg and arm with the pestle when he tried to intervene.

His father, Shehu Umar Balele, a zonal inspector with the Katsina Ministry of Education, Katsina, is said to be receiving medical attention at the Orthopaedic Unit of the Katsina Teaching Hospital, a source privy to the development told DailyPost.

Umar who has a history of drug abuse, is reported to have on several occasions expressed his hate for his stepmother and had on several occasions threatened to kill her, alleging that she was responsible for his father’s separation from his mother.

Narrating the incident, the eldest child in the family, Mustapha Shehu Umar, said Umar attacked his stepmother in her sitting room when her only child came visiting the family house.

In his words;

“Najeeb entered our stepmother’s sitting room holding a pestle and locked the entrance door. He reminded her of his promise to kill her. Then he smashed her on the head with the pestle twice and she collapsed.

“My sister, who was with our stepmother in the sitting room, rushed and held him. They started struggling and she was able to push him down. Then, she ran and unlocked the entrance door and ran out. While calling for help, he got up and ran after her but for the quick intervention of our father who ran out from his room, he could not get to her. However, he clubbed our father with the pestle, breaking his leg for trying to stop him.

“Noticing that our sister had escaped from the compound, Najeeb returned to the sitting room and when he noticed that our stepmother was still alive, he resumed pounding her with the pestle, until he ensured that she was lifeless, disfiguring her face in the process.

“When he saw that my wife was still in the compound, he started chasing her but God so kind, she was able to escape to our neighbour’s house along with other women. They locked themselves inside one of the rooms in the compound.

“Najeeb followed them to the compound where they hid but fortunately for them, he could not open the door. So, he came to the front of the house, threatening that anyone that is bold enough should come out and face him.

“Neighbours who sighted him alerted the police who now combed the area and finally arrested him and took him to the GRA Police Station,” he said.