A housewife, Laraba Kwaji, whose husband allegedly hit 2 of his children with stones to death in Adamawa stste, has narrated her ordeal in the hands of her husband.
The husband, Elisha Tari, of Himike village in Michika LGA, was apprehended for allegedly hitting 2 of his children with stones to death, the crime he admitted having perpetrated it.
Recounting her ordeal to NEWS PLATFORM, the 29 year old Laraba, said that her husband attempted to slaughter her as a result of which she escaped to her parents.
Laraba who bore 4 children for the accused with 1 miscarriage, said that 2 of her children died of sicknesses, while the remaining 2 were brutally killed by their own father without any provocation.
She said her husband who smokes indian help, drinks alcohol, takes tramol and inhale snuff has made her becomes childless, lamenting that she suffered series of domestic violence.
She narrated that she narrowly escaped being slaughtered by him after he had returned back home one evening where he refused to eat food she had served him.
According to her, he threatened to deal with her for asking him the reasons he had refused to eat food since he left home in the morning.
She said," While were about to sleep, he asked me to remove all my clothes and leave my pant only. I obeyed him, and I did as he asked me to do because he is my husband".
"He also removed his own clothes, picked a cutlass and said I should lie down so that he will slaughter me. When I discovered that he meant what he was saying, I ran out of the room"
"I ran to my father In-law's house for safety since it is not far from us, while wearing only pant in that fateful night. But unfortunately for me, my father In-law chased me out of his house".
"I stayed in the nearby bush for sometimes, because I did not want to enter neighbour's house with pant. I later decided to return back home due to cold and mosquito. He came out and pretended as if he wanted to urinate and followed me into the kitchen and put out the fire I was using", Laraba stated.
She said that she entered their bed room and tied her wrapper, and that he followed her and held the wrapper while dragging her to a nearby cutlass, saying that she untied the wrapper, and ran to the house of her father in -law for second time.
She said that she pleaded with her father In-law to intervene, but he said he is neigther a local hunter nor a police that she will seek his intervention and threatened to break her leg if she fails to leave his residence.
Laraba, told NEWS PLATFORM that she summoned courage and entered neighbour's house, saying that the following morning she went to her parents and that few days later she was informed that he had killed 2 of her remaining children.
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