Lady stabs husband to death over sex in Niger

Aisha Aliyu, a 19-year-old lady, has allegedly killed Idris Ahmadu, her husband, over a disagreement over sex in Nasarawa Village, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State.

Aisha and her husband, 24, had been in marriage for only two months before the incident happened in the early hours of Monday.

According to a source in the village, the couple went into an argument over sex before the lady picked up a kitchen knife and stabbed Ahmadu in the neck.

Aisha was said to have gone on to stab Ahmadu in several other parts of his body before he collapsed.

When the neighbours heard Ahmadu’s scream, they rushed into the house and met him in a pool of his blood.

They rushed him to a nearby community hospital in Lapai, but he died before they could get to the hospital.

When the neighbours arrived at the hospital, the doctors on duty confirmed that he was brought into the hospital dead.

A source in the community revealed that Aisha was seen in the village after the incident.

Meanwhile, Wasiu Abiodun, the state Police Public Relations Officer, revealed that Aisha was on the run.

Abiodun confirmed the story and said that the matter was under investigation.

Abiodun said, “Today, 12/02/2024, at about 1200 hrs, information was received that, in the early hours of today, one Idris Ahmadu of Nasarawa village, via Lapai, was stabbed to death by his wife, Aisha Aliyu 19/20 years of the same address.

“Before the arrival of the police at the scene, the suspect had fled to an unknown destination, while effort was being intensified to arrest the fleeing suspect. Case under investigation please.”