20-year-old wife sets husband’s house on fire over refusal to divorce her

A 20-year-old woman had supposedly set her husband’s house ablaze in adamawa State over his refusal to divorce her.

The lady identified as Amina Hassan, is a native of Shuware, Mubi North local government area of Adamawa. She married her husband, identified as Muhammed Auwal about five weeks ago.

According to the housewife, there was a pre-wedding arrangement with the man for him to divorce her shortly after their wedding ceremony.

Wife Sets House On Fire After Husband Didn’t Want divorce

Confirming the event, the Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje, revealed the woman informed the authorities that Auwal started manhandling her when she insisted on getting the divorce. Befmcause of that, out of anger, she set the house on fire.

“We made an arrangement that he would divorce me after the marriage. I met him and pleaded with him to divorce me, but he remained adamant.

“He descended on me and started beating me instead of divorcing me, as a result of which I lost my temper and set the house ablaze,” Amina told police investigators.

TopNaija also gathered that a few days before the wedding, the young lady had informed her parents that she was no longer interested in the marriage. However, they were said to have insisted on the wedding plans and told her there was no turning back as they had already distributed invitation cards.