Tijjani Basiru (24) and Rahma Hussaini (18) got married last Friday, February 20. On Wednesday February 25, the couple had a quarrel which resulted in the wife stabbing the hussband at Darmunawa quarters of Kano. As stated by a neighbour, Isa Alhassan, Rahma was forced to marry the 24-year-old.
"We were alarmed by a frightening scream of a subdued man in need of rescue and we rushed to discovered that the man of the house was in the pool of his blood. Neighbours mobilized and took the groom to the hospital but doctors confirmed him dead on arrival," Alhassan stated.
An eyewitness revealed that the bride was handed over to the police after killing her husband. The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Musa Majia confirmed the incident, saying "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."
ASP Magaji Musa Majia further revealed that the victim of the attack was later confirmed dead and the female suspect has been taken into custody.