19-year-old housewife arrested for poisoning her husband 40 days after wedding in Bauchi
NIGERIA – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old housewife, Aisha Musa, for attempting to unaliving her husband by poisoning his food 40 days after their wedding. The spokesperson for the command, SP Nafiu Habib, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, August 13, 2026, said the incident occurred in Gwamma village, […] The post 19-year-old housewife arrested for…
A 19-year-old woman, Aisha Musa, has been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly attempting to poison her husband. The incident occurred 40 days after their wedding in Gwamma village, Bauchi Local Government Area. According to the police, Aisha mixed a poisonous substance into her husband's food on August 12, 2026.
The husband was rushed to the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital in Bauchi, where he is currently receiving treatment and is reportedly in a stable condition. The police were alerted through a distress call from an anonymous woman and quickly moved to the scene.
An empty bottle suspected to have contained the poison and remnants of the meal were recovered and preserved as exhibits. Aisha allegedly confessed during interrogation, and investigations into the circumstances surrounding the incident are ongoing, as reported by Daily Post Nigeria and Adom Online, with Ghpage also confirming the arrest.
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