19-Year-Old Woman Stabs Husband To Death After Forced Marriage

• The Adamawa Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old woman, Rumasa’u Muhammed, of Wuro Yanka Village in Shelleng local government area for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.

Police Spokesperson in the state, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident on Wednesday in Yola, revealed that the suspect has been arrested after allegedly stabbing her husband to death, Muhammed Adamu aged 35 years before being stabbed to death.

”Investigation so far reveals, that the suspect was forcefully married to the deceased by her parents against her will on Aug. 6,” Nguroje disclosed, EkohotBlog reports.

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He established that the Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Alhaji, has given a directive for a discreet investigation into the matter.

His statement reads further that ”The Commissioner has equally advised members of the public to stop forcing their wards into early and forceful marriages.

”In the same vein, the Commissioner has directed for the immediate prosecution of the suspect so as to serve as deterrence to others.”

Speaking to the newsmen on the incident, Ustaz, Abdullah Hamman, an Islamic Scholar in Yola, said forceful marriage has no place in Islam.

The Islamic scholar said, “According to Islam, parents have rights to choose for their children a good family to marry from but at the same time, Islam does not encourage forced marriages.”

EkohotBlog also reports that a family source, who pleaded to remain anonymous, said:

“The girl demanded that her late husband divorce her peacefully since she was not interested in the marriage. He refused.

”Angered by this after several requests, she picked up a knife and stabbed him in the stomach.

“He was rushed to the hospital where he was confirmed dead.”