Friday, March 29, 2024

Teenager forced into marriage alleges abuse by 43-yr-old hubby

Stay and endure, mother directs

An 18-year-old housewife has raised the alarm over incessant physical abuse by her husband, Mr. Issa Hussein.

The victim, Aishat Ali, a native of Borno State, alleged that her husband usually assaulted and threatened to kill her, adding that she was forced into the marriage by her parents.

It was gathered that Aishat’s parents allegedly collected N150, 000 from Hussein as bride price, among other items.

Aishat

 

The couple lives at the Apapa area of Lagos, where Ali works as a commercial motorcycle
operator.

Speaking to our correspondent, the teenager lamented that since she married her 43-year-old husband in May last year, her marriage had been characterised by several abuses.

She noted that in October last year, Ali beat her to coma, adding that one of her arms was also fractured.

Aishat said, “I was coming from a neighbour’s place, when he (Hussein) started beating me. He beat me so badly that I went into a coma and my arm was broken.  He later rushed me to the hospital. I told him I don’t love him.

“My marriage has been very bad. He always beats me. If I don’t want to sleep with him, he would beat me or threaten me with a knife; if I go to visit my neighbours, he would beat me. He does not want me to have anything to do with other people or even my family members.

“At a point, when he tried to forcibly sleep with me, I threatened him with a knife and he did not go further. I don’t love him; I want to run away.”

Our correspondent gathered that the victim, after the alleged assault that left her in coma, absconded from her matrimonial home and returned to her parents in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State.

But her parents compelled her to go back to her husband, adding that she should endure the marriage.

When contacted, the victim’s mother, Mrs. Haphat Mohammed, said, “My daughter had been complaining about the marriage. She said her husband beats her a lot and she does not want to marry him again.  She wants a divorce, but our culture and religion do not support it.

“We want her to endure with her husband. It won’t continue forever.”

Efforts to reach Ali to comment on the allegations leveled against him by his teenage wife proved abortive as his mobile phone line was not reachable. He also did not respond to a text message sent to him as at the time of filing this report.

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