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:
āIām a veterinary medicine dealer. I trade in animal drugs. Iām 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.ā.
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:
āAfter 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.
āMy wife chopped off my āburaā (penis). It was then neighbours were alerted. I canāt 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.ā