Habib Suleiman, a resident of Unguwan Rogo in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, says he still wants to marry his fiancée, Fatima Danjuma, despite stabbing him with a knife.
Fatima, a resident of Ali Kazaure, also in Jos North LGA, was arrested on December 2 by the police for allegedly stabbing her fiancé during a disagreement.
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The police said although the accused person had denied stabbing Habib, preliminary investigation revealed that she stabbed him with a knife during a disagreement.
According to the victim, Fatima stabbed him when she saw him around her area walking with another girl whom she suspected was his girlfriend.
He said the girl in question was a younger sister to his friend.
He said: “When she saw me and the girl while she was passing with her friend, I noticed she was angry and when I called her name she refused to answer because she was very jealous.
“I didn’t know that after seeing me with the girl, she stopped at a neighbour’s house and collected a knife. All of a sudden, she stabbed me. From there, I was taken to hospital.
“But despite the incident, I still love Fatima. I still want to marry her. What happened was just a destiny because it can happen to anyone. We love each other so much. I think she was angry and that was why she stabbed me.
“She has regretted and pleaded with me to forgive her and I have forgiven her. If there is anything that one can do, it is to help me plead with my parents to allow me to marry her, I will be very grateful.
“And to show her that I am still interested in her, even after I was discharged from the hospital, I visited her at the police station to show my sympathy,” Habib added.
When contacted, Habib’s mother, Maryam Suleiman, said when she heard about the incident, she was disturbed and wondered how the girl he was proposing to marry would stab him with a knife.
She said: “Thank God he is alive. Enough of this relationship. We have earlier made all necessary arrangements to pay the girl’s bride price but we are no longer interested.”
She said she would not allow the relationship to continue because of the fear that if they were married, she might kill him.
