A newly wedded housewife, Amina Abashe, has allegedly poured boiling water on her husband, Shehu Abdullahi, following a disagreement over her frequent phone calls with other men.
Reports say the incident happened in Kontangora Local Government Area of Niger State.
Abdullahi, who spoke from his hospital bed at the Kontagora General Hospital, said they got married two months ago after the death of his former wife.
He said his wife first attempted to stab him to death but he was able to collect the knife from her before she grabbed the water she was boiling and poured on him.
Abdullahi explained that two months after the marriage was contracted, his wife refused to move into his house, adding that he went to her parents’ house to complain.
He said that on Tuesday evening, the day the incident happened, his wife called him on the phone to come to their house adding that right there, she told him that she was no longer interested in the marriage, saying that she had someone who would pay back his dowry.
He alleged that at that same venue, she was on the phone with a man suspected to be her lover.
“At that point, I became angry and attempted to seize the phone from her and she took a knife to stab me but I was able to collect the knife from her,” he added.
