Tuesday, June 30, 2020, is a day 42-year-old old Aliyu Umaru will not
forget in a hurry. It was the day Halima, the first wife of Umaru,
severed his manhood with a knife.
He groaned in pains as he lay on a bed at the Federal Teaching Hospital,
Gombe State, where he was referred to after the incident occurred in
Taraba State.
Umaru said, “I’m a veterinary medicine dealer. I trade in animal drugs. I’m 42 years old with two wives and two children.
The first wife had a male child and a female from the second. The first
wife Halima is pregnant. I stay in Tella under Gasso LGA of Taraba
State. I was transferred from the Federal Medical Centre, Taraba to the
Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.”
When our correspondent visited the hospital, the victim cut a pitiable
sight and urethra catheter fixed to his body to pass urine as his
detached manhood was kept in nylon for safekeeping.
Umaru narrated the incident in a sadness-coated voice, “After I returned
from work, I got water to take my bath and ate the food prepared by my
wife before I slept. I was later awoken by a sharp pain and I screamed.
“My wife chopped off my ‘bura’ (penis). It was then neighbours were
alerted. I can’t say if my food or water was laced with anything with
the way I slept deeply. My wife has finished my life and it is
unfortunate.”
Reports noted that Halima had been having issues with her husband and the younger wife before the incident.
According to the victim’s younger brother, 40-year-old Usman, the act
may not be unconnected with their mum’s plea that they should relocate
which Halima didn’t support.
He stated that the second wife visited their mother residing in Jalingo,
the state capital, who urged them to relocate to Jalingo.
Usman stated, “We are originally from Lukari but driven to Tela due to
the conflict. The family rented a house for him and they were to move
from Tela to Jalingo on Wednesday morning.
“It was in the middle of the night that my phone rang and the caller was
my brother who managed to tell me what happened to him. He was
immediately taken to the Federal Medical Centre in Taraba, to stop the
bleeding and undergo surgery. But they couldn’t perform the surgery
because they said they don’t have equipment for his type of operation.
It was there that they advised us to look for any available health
facility.”
He ruled out jealousy, adding that his brother was faithful to his two wives.
