A 25-year-old housewife, Maryam Usman has died of suicide by slitting her throat in the Sheka Quarters area of Kano State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the suicide, added that the young woman killed herself after countless grieving over her ill-health.
According to the PPRO, the incident happened when the woman left her husband’s house to receive medical attention at her parent’s home where she cut her fingers and injured her throat before giving up the ghost.
He 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 a 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 divorce paper.
“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,” added.