Tragedy occurred recently at Kwakwashe in Suleja when a 40-year-old woman lost her life while allegedly trying to settle a fight between her daughter and their neighbour.
The deceased’s husband, who simply chose to be called Mr. Salami, 55, narrating how the ugly incident happened.
He said: “I was not at home. I went to Gwagwalada that day when the fight started. When I got home around 8:30p.m., I met my next door neighbour, Suleman Fatima and my 15-year-old daughter, Sherifatu, fighting.
“From what I gathered, a customer came to buy Kulikuli from my wife’s stand that was being handled by our daughter Sherifatu. My wife went to the Zuba fruit market. In the course of that transaction, there was an argument between my daughter and the customer over change. Then, I learnt that Fatima got involved in the matter and started fighting my daughter.
“From what I gathered, she took the hot water she was boiling and poured it on my daughter. Not satisfied with that, she also hit her on the head with the kettle and blood gushed out. The scar is still on my daughter’s head.
“At that point, my wife returned from the church. She saw blood gushing out of her daughter’s head and asked Fatima what the matter was. On sighting my wife, Fatima grabbed her and said my wife had been beating her since morning. She started abusing my wife by calling her names, to the extent that she even removed the wrapper she tied on her waist.
“In the process, she hit my wife on the chest with her elbow. My wife slumped. We carried her into our room and tried to revive her, thinking she just fainted, but all our efforts amounted to nothing.”
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