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17-year-old
girl sets herself ablaze over fiance’s inability to pay NGN17,000 dowry demanded
by her father in Zamfara
A 17-year-old girl
identified as Aisha living in Albarkawa area in Gusau metropolis in Zamfara
state, set her self-ablaze owing to her fiancé’s inability to marry her due to
his poor finances.
Aisha’s neighbor said
that she decided to commit suicide after she learnt that her fiancé who dated
her for quite a long time has no money to pay for dowry in preparation for her
wedding.
He said her lover
called Umar was asked by her parent to present himself to her family for the
marital engagement but the young man told her parent that he was not
financially well off to pay for the NGN17,000 as dowry demanded by the father
of the girl.
“She brought a gallon of petrol and a matchbox. She got herself drenched
in the petrol and struck a match stick and within a second she got engulfed in
flames. Even before setting her self-ablaze, her younger sister had tried hard
to stop her from taking the dangerous decision by flinging the matchbox from
her hand as any time she attempted to strike the matches the younger sister
would stop her until when she became tired of stopping and went away.”
“The
girl then ran outside the house screaming for help until some good Samaritans
arrived and put out the raging flames tormenting her. The girl’s father said he
had no money to take her to the hospital as he could only boast of NGN750 at
the time the incident happened,” he said.
Aisha who was
severely burnt is being treated with Orthodox and other traditional medicines
at home.
Source: Mccollybright.blogspot.com.ng
About The Author: Adeshile Adekolajo
Adeshile
Adekolajo is a graduate from the University of Abuja, He works for Ntel
Nigeria and he owns - Mccollybright.blogspot.com
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