The spokesperson of the Kano Police Command, DSP Musa Magaji, while confirming the incident said;
'At about 4 30 pm, there was a disagreement between the murdered woman and some traders bordering on religion. The woman was said to have blasphemed Prophet Mohammed, which did not go down well with the mob".He added that timely intervention by the police prevented the husband of the woman from being beheaded as well.