A 14-year-old wife from Lifari Village in the Mashegu Local Government Area of Niger state has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing her 40-year-old husband, Isiaka Usman.
The suspect, Aisha Isah, and the late Usman, to whom she got married five months ago, were cousins.
Isah had been complaining of starvation and maltreatment since she started living with Usman, who already had two wives, Northern City reported.
According to the report, one of the two wives had left on account of the failure of Usman to meet up with his responsibilities as a husband.
The teenage wife said that her late husband failed to provide for her for two days.
“And when I confronted him, he slapped me and out of anger, I hit him on the forehead with a pestle and he collapsed and died,” she said.
Isah added, “My husband had the habit of not giving us money for food and each time we (the wives) confront him, he would tell us to go to our parents’ home and eat. He never cared about us; he beat us every time we demanded money for food.”
Isah explained that she unintentionally killed her husband out of anger and pleaded for forgiveness.
“I am sorry for what happened, it is the devil’s work and I pray my parents will forgive me; I never knew that he would die, I regretted all my actions,” she stated.
The police spokesman, Bala Elkana described the incident as unfortunate, however he said that the suspect would be prosecuted as a juvenile offender.
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