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42-year-old old Aliyu Umaru will not forget in a hurry.
It was the day Halima, the first wife of Umaru, severed his manhood with a knife.
He groaned in pains as he lay on a bed at the Federal Teaching Hospital, where he was referred to after the incident occurred.
Umaru said,
“I’m a veterinary medicine dealer. I trade in animal drugs. I’m 42 years old with two wives and two children. The first wife had a male child and a female from the second. The first wife Halima is pregnant. I stay in Tella under Gasso LGA of Taraba State. I was transferred from the Federal Medical Centre, Taraba to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.”
Umaru narrated the incident in a sadness-coated voice,
“After I returned from work, I got water to take my bath and ate the food prepared by my wife before I slept. I was later awoken by a sharp pain and I screamed.
“My wife chopped off my ‘bura’ (penis). It was then neighbours were alerted. I can’t say if my food or water was laced with anything with the way I slept deeply. My wife has finished my life and it is unfortunate.”
Halima had been having issues with her husband and the younger wife before the incident.
According to the victim’s younger brother, 40-year-old Usman, the act may not be unconnected with their mum’s plea that they should relocate which Halima didn’t support.
