18-year-old ‘kills husband’ 5 days after wedding

An 18-year-old woman has allegedly killed her husband five days in what a neighbour described as a “forced marriage”.

The suspect, Rahma Hussaini, allegedly attacked the husband, 24-year-old Tijjani Basiru with a knife on Wednesday at Darmunawa quarters of Kano city.

A neighbour, Isa Alhassan, told reporters that the young couple got married last Friday.

“From what we heard the union was a product of forced marriage,” he said.

He said neighbours heard a frightening scream.

“The man sounded like someone subdued man in need of rescue and we rushed to discovered that the man of the house was in his pool of his blood,” he said.

Neighbours took Basiru to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital but he was confirmed dead on arrival by doctors.

Hussaini was handed over to the police after the incident, which was confirmed by Magaji Musa Majia, the Kano police command spokesman.

“At about 10:00hrs one Rahma Hussaini of Darmunawa quarters stabbed her husband, one Tijjani M Basiru, on his stomach with a knife and was rushed to AKTH,” he said.

He said the criminal investigation department (CID) team had taken over the case.