There was shock in Shuware community in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State as a 20-year-old wife, identified as Amina Hassan, set her husband’s house ablaze.
NIGERIACRIME learnt that the wife sought to end her five-week marriage with Muhammed Auwal but when all attempts to achieve her aim failed, she set his house on fire.
According to Hassan, there was a pre-wedding arrangement that the man would divorce her shortly after their marriage ceremony.
Quoting Hassan, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Suleiman Nguroje, said she had set the house on fire because of her husband’s refusal to end their union.
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“We made an arrangement that he would divorce me after the marriage. I met him and pleaded with him to divorce me, but he remained adamant.
“He descended on me and started beating me instead of divorcing me, as a result of which I lost my temper and set the house ablaze,” she told police operatives who are now investigating her.
It was gathered on Tuesday that a few days before the wedding, Amina had informed her parents that she was no longer interested in the marriage.
However, her parents insisted there was no turning back as they had already distributed invitation cards.
Sources close to her said that after all her efforts failed, she sought help from a native doctor to turn her husband’s heart away from her, only for the husband to appear more interested.
To escape her anger, the native doctor is said to have fled Mubi and made his phone number inaccessible.
The police image maker assured that the case would be treated appropriately and the perpetrators would be made to face the wrath of the law.
Efforts to speak to the husband of the woman have not yielded positive outcomes as he has not attended to his calls and messages.