By Abimbola Ogunnaike
Barely two months after their marriage, a lady named, Aisha Aliyu,19, a resident of Nasarawa Village, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, has allegedly killed her husband, Idris Ahmadu, 24 over a disagreement over sex.
The tragic incident took place in the early hours of Monday, 12 February, 2024.
According to a source in the village, the couple went into an argument over sex before the lady picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Ahmadu in the neck.
The source added that Aisha stabbed Ahmadu in several other parts of his body before he collapsed, and neighbours, who heard the husband’s screaming, rushed into the couple’s room and met him in a pool of blood.
According to the source, the neighbour quickly rushed Ahmadu to a nearby community hospital in Lapai but he died before they could get to the hospital.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, Wasiu Abiodun , confirmed the sad development, just as he also disclosed that Aisha has taken to her heel.
Abiodun added that police has commenced investigation on the matter and vowed that its operatives are on the trail of Aisha
“Today 12/02/2024 at about 1200hrs, information was received that, in the early hours of today, one Idris Ahmadu of Nasarawa village, via Lapai was stabbed to death by his wife, Aisha Aliyu 19/20yrs of the same address.
“Before the arrival of the police at the scene, the suspect had fled to an unknown destination, while effort was being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect. Case under investigation please,” Abiodun said.