attempted to end her life last Saturday for not getting married to her suitor is still lying critically ill as her parents have no money to take her to the hospital.
Aisha had last Saturday almost committed suicide by setting herself ablaze because her boyfriend, Umar Faruku could not pay her bride price.
She was, however, rescued by neighbours and passersby.
Narrating her ordeal to newsmen, Aisha stated that, she had decided to kill herself because she was tired of staying alone without a husband.
“I decided to kill myself because the boy I am in love with refused to marry me. I love him dearly and he loves me too, but the problem with him is that he could not pay for my dowry and other traditional requirements.” Said Aisha.
Aisha explained that although she was aware of the punishment from God for anybody that killed himself, she chose to die and be punished than to become a prostitute.
The ward head of the area, Alhaji Aminu Mohammed, who spoke on the issue maintained that, being a leader as well as a closest neighbour to Aisha’s patents, he did all he could to arrange the marriage between Aisha and her suitor, Aminu, considering the gravity of their love, lamenting that, ” the boy is not in a financial position to do so”.
According to the ward head, Aminu was jobless and his parents would not pay for his marriage because he has two elder brothers who were also not married and must get married before him.
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