A housewife identified simply as Atika has stabbed her husband to death in Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.
It was learnt that the incident happened on Saturday night, February 26 after Ibrahim Salihu, 37, a mechanic, visited his first wife “Atika” room to bid her farewell as he was going to be with the second wife who was also staying in the same compound.
It was gathered that Salihu spends two nights with each of the wives on a rotational basis and had the habit of bidding farewell to any of them anytime he was leaving for the other’s room.
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“And that was what he did that day around 8pm, only for Atika to respond angrily and bite his finger,’’ a source within the compound said.
Salihu’s mother, Hajiya Hauwa Umar, told newsmen that, “The other wife rushed to his rescue and was trying to tie the affected finger, but again the first wife, who had already locked the compound’s gate, held him from the back and stabbed him on the neck continuously.”
Salihu was confirmed dead at the hospital and was buried yesterday morning according to Islamic injunction, while the suspect is said to be in police custody.’’
