Sadiya Salihu, the 33-year-old housewife reportedly locked up by her husband for nearly a year without food has finally died.
After battling to live at the Aunty Zainab Nursing Home and Maternity in the Sheka area of Kano State, the mother of four, died in the late hours of Saturday at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) after she was transferred to its Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
Sadiya got married on April 24, 2010, to Ibrahim Yunusa Bature a businessman in Nguru LGA of Yobe State.
Following several attempts to reach Sadiya, her mother who eventually visited her family broke the news of the condition her husband put her in.
Prior to her death, Sadiya’s grief-stricken mother told reporters, “I was experiencing nightmares about Sadiya for a long time and anytime I called her husband, he gave the phone to the children and they would lie when I requested to talk to her; that she was sleeping or that she was doing something else.
“At last, I travelled to Nguru. I was greeted by the children. I didn’t see their mother. So, I peeped into her room through the window, and behold she was there, just lying down; helpless.
“I forcefully took my daughter back home, and as you can see, she is not herself. When I inquired, I was told that the husband only fed her with pap and roasted hasbiya (wild dove). I had to wean her 11-month-old child because of her situation.
“We still can’t understand why pap every day, the hasbiya and a liquid mixture with bad odour being sprayed on her body. Look at her now. You can’t even comprehend what she is saying.”
Ibrahim Yunusa allegedly said he detained his in the house to prevent his family members from harming her. He has since been arrested
Meanwhile, six boys in Portharcourt, River State, brutalized a lady and inserted a substance inside her private part for allegedly stealing an iPhone
Two of the six boys involved in the horrendous act have been arrested.
The incident reportedly happened at Aggrey Estate waterfront, in Portharcourt, River State.
River State police command confirmed the arrested suspects, as Samuel Matthew, and Emmanuel Iweruma.
The statement read, “The state Commissioner of Police, Okon Effiong, has condemned in its entirety, the mob action on one Ruth Tamuno on November 14, 2022.
“Some group of boys, numbering about six, led by one Samuel Matthew, 23, beat her up and inserted a substance in her private part, for allegedly stealing an iPhone. This is barbaric and inhuman.
“The CP has ordered the State Criminal Investigation Department to conduct a discreet investigation on Samuel Matthew, 23, and Emmanuel Iweruma, 23, who were arrested in connection with the case. Efforts are on to arrest other fleeing suspects.”
