A 20-year-old bride, Amina Hassan, in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has been arrested for reportedly setting her husband’s newly built house on fire over his refusal to grant her a divorce.
After marrying her husband, Muhammed Auwal, for five weeks, Amina requested he ends their union which is an agreement the couple allegedly made before their marriage.
According to reports, Amina had informed her parents that she was no longer interested in the marriage a few days before the wedding.
However, they insisted that the wedding must go ahead as they had already distributed invitation cards.
After the wedding, she sought the help of a native doctor to make her husband hate her and grant her a divorce.
The native doctor reportedly performed a ritual and collected N12,000 for his services.
However, the ritual ended up turning Amina’s heart away from her husband instead of the other way round.
After she was apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command, the suspect confessed to the crime.
The case is currently being investigated as ordered by the Commissioner of Police, Afolabi Babatola.
Spokesman of the Police Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, quoted Amina on Tuesday, as saying, “We made an arrangement that he will divorce me after the marriage. I met him and pleaded with him to divorce me, but he remained adamant.”
