An 11-day old marriage has turned into a tragedy in Bauchi State.
The wife, an 18-year-old, stabbed the husband to death when he tried to have sex with her.
The suspect named Salman Hssan said she felt the man wanted to defile her as she never knew sex was compulsory in marriage.
She said, “We were married. We loved each other.
“I never knew that sex is a marital obligation. On that fateful night when he approached me for sex, I refused him because I have never been involved in it. I thought he wanted to defile me.
“He later got angry and was trying to force himself on me with slaps and beating, then I picked up a knife to scare him away but he kept coming. I didn’t know when I stabbed him with the knife in his chest.
“I have already given my statement. I’m in great suffering. I’m in great bitterness. I don’t know what will happen to me now. But I wouldn’t have done what I did if I knew better.”
Police in the state have confirmed the incident, saying:
“On the 24/04/2020 at about 0900hrs, one Haruna Musa ‘m’ of Itas-Gadau reported at Itas-Gadau Division, that one Salma Hassan ‘f’ of the same address stabbed her husband, one Mohammed Mustapha on the chest. As a result, he sustained serious injury and was rushed to General hospital Itas–Gadau for treatment where he was certified dead.
“The suspect was arrested and has confessed to the crime. Exhibit recovered from the suspect was one knife,” the statement reads.”
