25-year-old housewife commits suicide in Kano

25-year-old housewife, Maryam Usman has committed suicide by cutting her finger and injuring her throat in Kano state.

The state police spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who made this known said the incident happened last Thursday after the deceased relocated from her matrimonial home to receive medical care in her parents’ home.

Kiyawa said; “On January 13, we received a very unpleasant report, that one Maryam Usman, a 25-year-old housewife had committed suicide.

“She had returned to her family residence in search of medical solution to her ill health. Our findings revealed that she suddenly bit her father, and after they put her into a room, she bit off her finger and broke the window louvres.

“The father informed the police during investigation that the late Maryam kept shouting that she should be allowed to go to her husband’s house to serve divorce papers.

“When we received an emergency call, CP Samaila Shuaibu Dikko, dispatched our officers and men to the scene, and the woman was evacuated to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, where she was confirmed dead.”