HUSBAND KILLED BY HIS COUSIN (14-YEAR-OLD WIFE) FOR SLAPPING HER IN NIGER STATE

A frustrated teenage wife who killed her husband in Niger state over the weekend has been identified as Aisha Isah.

The 14-year-old married her cousin, 40-year-old Isiaka Usman in February 2017.

According to Northern City News, Isah who complained of starvation and abuse since she married Usman, a polygamist with 2 other wives was frustrated on the day she killed him.

On the day she killed Usman at Lifari Village in Mashegu LGA of Niger state, she accused I'm of slapping her and out of anger, she used a pestle to hit him on the forehead. He reportedly collapsed and died at the hospital.

Here is what the suspect told Northern City News correspondent yesterday:

"My late husband failed to provide for me for 2 days and I was starving. And when I confronted him, he slapped me and out of anger, I hit him on the forehead with a pestle and he collapsed and died. My husband had the habit of not giving us money for food each time we (the wives) confront him, he would tell us to go to our parents' home and eat. He never cared about us; he beat us every time we demanded money for food."

"My mates were not around; it was only me and my late husband that were in the house at the time of the incident. I picked a pestle and hit him, he fell on the ground nd I ran to my mother's house."

"I am sorry for what happened, it is the devil's work and I pray my parents will forgive me; I never knew that he would die, I regretted all my actions." She said.

Niger State Police spokesperson, Elkana Bala said the victim was rushed to the hospital but died while receiving treatment.

He added that the suspect picked up at her parents home would soon be charged as a juvenile offender.