Why i killed my husband- 18 years old Housewife tells police
chuks oti
May 22, 2020
A housewife, Salma Hassan, 18, who allegedly stabbed her husband to death, has said that she did that because she didn't know that sex was part of marital obligations.
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Salma, who is being detained by the Police Command in Bauchi, told newsmen that she killed her husband, Mohammed Mustafa, because she thought he was "just trying to defile meÔÇØ.
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"I didn't know that sex is a marital obligation. On that day, when he approached me for sex, I refused because I have never been involved in it before.
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"I thought he wanted to rape me but he got angry and was trying to force himself on me. He started beating me.
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"I picked up a knife to scare him away but he kept coming and I didn't know when I stabbed him with the knife in his chest,ÔÇØ she said.
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Salma further explained that she had already given her statement to the Police and did not know what would become her fate.
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"I wouldn't have done it if I knew better about marital obligations,ÔÇØ she claimed.
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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the suspect was paraded before newsmen in the north-eastern state's capital.
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Mr Philip Maku, Police Commissioner in the state, also showed newsmen a knife Salma allegedly used to commit the crime at her home in Itas-Gadau Local Government Area of the state.
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The Police officer explained that the suspect was arrested on April 24.
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"On April 24, one Haruna Musa, a resident of Itas-Gadau, reported the matter at Itas-Gadau Division. He complained that one Salma Hassan stabbed her husband.
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"The husband, Mohammed Mustapha, was stabbed on the chest. He sustained injuries and was rushed to the General hospital, Itas-Gadau for treatment but died soon after arriving at the facility.
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"The suspect was arrested and has confessed to the crime. Exhibit recovered from the suspect was one knife,ÔÇØ he said.
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While answering questions from Journalists, Salma said she stabbed her man because she didn't know that sex was just another part of marriage.
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"I thought he was just trying to defile me. No one told me about this aspect of marital union,ÔÇØ the young woman said.
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