{"id":12276,"date":"2026-11-08T07:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/woman-arrested-over-poisoning-of-co-wifes-children-in-niger\/"},"modified":"2026-11-08T07:30:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-08T07:30:44","slug":"woman-arrested-over-poisoning-of-co-wifes-children-in-niger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/08\/woman-arrested-over-poisoning-of-co-wifes-children-in-niger\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman arrested over poisoning of co-wife\u2019s children in Niger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"241\" height=\"141\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Woman-arrested-over-poisoning-of-co-wifes-children-in-Niger.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"FCT Police Summon Farmers, Herders\u2019 Leaders Over Dabiri, Paiko Violence\" decoding=\"async\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Clare Nnabuike, Niger<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Niger State Police Command has arrested a woman, Mariya Abdullahi, over the alleged poisoning of her co-wife\u2019s two children in Takuti community, Lapai Local Government Area, leaving one dead and the other receiving treatment in hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident reportedly occurred at about 6 a.m. on Friday, November 6, 2026, when the suspect allegedly administered a substance suspected to be poison to the children, aged four and nine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victims reportedly became unconscious and were rushed to a nearby clinic, where one of them was confirmed dead. The other child was referred to a general hospital for further treatment and was responding to medical attention, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed the incident in a statement, adding that the suspect had been arrested and was undergoing interrogation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abiodun said preliminary police investigations indicated that Abdullahi claimed she was influenced by a friend to commit the alleged act because she could not bear a child for her husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the police spokesman, the suspect would be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Minna for further investigation and prosecution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The police statement read: \u201cOn 6th November, 2026, at about 6 a.m., a report was received at Lapai Division that one Mariya Abdullahi of Takuti, via Lapai, administered some substance suspected to be poison to the children of her co-wife.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolice operatives moved to the scene and discovered that the two children, aged nine and four, had been given the substance to drink, as a result of which they became unconscious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey were immediately rushed to a nearby clinic, but on arrival, one of the victims gave up the ghost, while the other was referred to the general hospital and is responding to treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe suspect was arrested and is undergoing further interrogation. She claimed that she was influenced by a friend to commit the act because she could not bear a child for her husband.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cShe will soon be transferred to SCID Minna for diligent prosecution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/woman-arrested-over-poisoning-of-co-wifes-children-in-niger\/\">Woman arrested over poisoning of co-wife\u2019s children in Niger<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Clare Nnabuike, Niger The Niger State Police Command has arrested a woman, Mariya Abdullahi, over the alleged poisoning of her co-wife\u2019s two children in Takuti community, Lapai Local Government&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}