Woman Dies After Being Locked Up By Husband For Months Without Food

Sadiya Salihu, a 33-year-old housewife from Kano State, lost her battle for life at the Aunty Zainab Nursing Home and Maternity in the Sheka neighborhood.

The mother of four, Ibrahim Yunusa Bature, was reportedly locked up by her husband for several months without food after they wed on April 24, 2010, in the Nguru LGA of Yobe State.

After being moved to the Intensive Care Unit at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Sadiya passed away in the wee hours of Saturday.

After making numerous unsuccessful attempts to contact her, the deceased mother finally paid a visit to the family and revealed the condition her husband had put her in.

Sadiya’s mother told reporters, “I was experiencing nightmares about Sadiya for a long time and anytime I called her husband, he gave the phone to the children and they would lie when I requested to talk to her; that she was sleeping or that she was doing something else.
“At last, I travelled to Nguru. I was greeted by the children. I didn’t see their mother. So I peeped into her room through the window and behold she was there, just lying down; helpless.
“I forcefully took my daughter back home, and as you can see, she is not herself. When I inquired, I was told that the husband only fed her with pap and roasted hasbiya (wild dove). I had to wean her 11-month-old child because of her situation.”

“We still can’t understand why pap every day, the hasbiya and a liquid mixture with bad odour being sprayed on her body. Look at her now. You can’t even comprehend what she is saying.”
Ibrahim Yunusa Bature has however been confirmed arrested by the police command in the state.