19-year-old lady allegedly stabs husband to death in Adamawa
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The police in Adamawa have arrested a 19-year-old teenage bride who allegedly stabbed her husband to death, over the husband’s refusal to grant her request for separation into the forced marriage three weeks after it was consummated by her parents.
The late husband Muhammad Adamu was 35 years old.
Police said an investigation revealed that the 19-year-old lady was forcefully married to the deceased by her parent against her will.
The spokesman, Adamawa State Police Command, Suleiman Nguroje, made this known in Yola while disclosing the arrest of the 19-year-old on Wednesday.
He said the police commissioner in the state, Aliyu Alhaji, has ordered a clinical investigation into the case.
