A 20-year-old bride, Amina Hassan from Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, has been arrested for allegedly setting her husband’s house ablaze after he refused to grant her a divorce.
The couple were said to have agreed to 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, whereas they insisted that the wedding must go ahead as they had already distributed invitation cards.
However, after the wedding, Amina sought the help of a native doctor to make her husband hate her and grant her a divorce, where the native doctor reportedly performed a ritual and collected N12,000 for his services.
Meanwhile, the ritual ended up turning Amina’s heart away from her husband instead of the other way around.
After she was apprehended by the Adamawa State Police Command, the suspect confessed to committing the crime.
It was learned that 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.”