Katsina Flood: Corpse Of Missing Bride Recovered In Niger Republic
The remains
of Hindatu Yahaya, a young girl who got married three days before the flood in
Jibia town in Katsina, which eventually swept her away, have been recovered
in
Niger Republic. Husband of the deceased, Malam Sani Yahaya, told the News
Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Jibia.
“The Corpse
of my missing wife was retrieved at Girka village in Mada-Rumfa town of Niger
Republic,” he said, with emotions flowing in his voice. Yahaya said that the
flood occurred on Monday night at about 2:00am, cleared his house and took
away his
wife.
“We searched
in the river and rubles of the collapse walls of my house and the houses of our
neighbours but could not locate her.
“As we are
searching, we got a phone call from people that are helping us in Mada-Rumfa
town of Niger Republic, that the corpse of a young woman has been retrieved
from the river that pass through their town.
“We rushed
to the town and discovered that it was the remains of my wife that was fished
out of the river. “We collected her dead body and brought her back to Jibia
town, where we buried her in accordance with Islamic injunctions” he said.
Yahaya said
that for past three days, he had not been able to eat because of the trauma of
missing his new wife that was with him for only three days.
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