18-year-old lady allegedly stabs husband to death over having too much sex

18-year-old lady, Salma Hassan who stabbed her husband, Mohammed Mustapha in the chest which led to his death was paraded by the police in Bauchi state on Thursday.

The incident occurred in Itas-Gadau, headquarters of Itas-Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

Parading the suspect on behalf of the State Commissioner of Police, Philip Maku, the Bauchi State Police Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mohammed Ahmed Wakili, disclosed that the incident happened on April 24, 2020 and was reported by one Haruna Musa at the the Itas-Gadau Police Division.

The deceased, according to the police, was rushed to the general hospital in the town, where the late Mustapha was confirmed dead.

According to him, the suspect on her arrest confessed to the crime, adding that a knife was recovered as exhibit.

“The suspect was arrested and confessed to the crime. Exhibit recovered from the suspect was one knife,” the PPRO, A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), stated.

When asked why she stabbed her husband to death, the suspect told journalists that she was tired of the deceased’s sex exploits, adding that her parents never told her that her late husband would be having sex with her. According to her, their marriage was only 11 days old.

"Since we got married, he has been having sex with me regularly. I never expected this as my parents did not tell me that he would be having sex with me frequently as he was doing.

“It was too much for me and I got tired of this. As I could no longer bear frequent sex that he was having with me, I took a knife and stabbed him to prevent further sex,” the suspect said.