In a rather distressing situation, a Nigerian man has taken to social media to express his frustration over his wife’s refusal to cook for their children or communicate with him. The reason behind her actions, he claims, stems from his failure to purchase a Sallah ram this year.
A photo of the public servant, Abdullahi Misilli, who shared the news on his Twitter page. Photo Credit: @Abdullahimisilli Source: Twitter The man, whose identity remains undisclosed, had an unbroken tradition of buying a ram for each Eid celebration over the past 12 years. However, financial difficulties, including mounting debts and the children’s school fees, prevented him from adhering to this tradition in 2023. The story was originally shared on Twitter by Abdullahi Misilli, a public servant, who attributed the account to journalist Lawan Bukar Maigana. The man, speaking anonymously, expressed his disappointment at his wife’s lack of understanding and support during this challenging period. Despite having ₦100,000 (Nigerian Naira) in his possession, he claimed that his wife’s behavior demonstrated her lack of love towards him, as she had never stood by him during difficult times. The man said; “I have 100k in my pocket. I would go buy a small ram for her, but Allah knows that my wife doesn’t love me because she never supports nor helps me in difficult times.” He further disclosed that the only reason he had not divorced his wife yet was due to their children. @Erbdoul said; “May God help us, but the truth is children are the reason why some men (if not many) rethink whenever the issue of divorce bout slide in. And unfortunately, just unfortunately “there will always be a problem one way or the other”. So patience is just the thing but is difficult.” @Kekksco said; “Thus incidences like these make the yet-married youths like us to be doubting on whether or not to settle for marriage soon. Ungratefulness. “May Allah ease their affairs, guide his spouse and family to the right path and continue to guide the entire Ummah to the righteous way.” @sadiqsolar said; “He shouldn’t buy it “for her” but see it as the ibadah that it is and if he’s not financial stable at that time,it is not mandatory for him.” @Drbabatundesaka said; “It is said that at some point in married life, the love from the woman gets tied to the provision the man makes even though it wasn’t so at the beginning.” See below; Yesterday, a married man, after listening to BBC Hausa news, told me that his wife has stopped talking to him and refused to cook for his children since the first day of Sallah because he didn’t buy a ram for her. Shortly, two of his children came and asked for money for… — Abdullahi Misilli (@Abdallahmisilli) June 30, 2023
The deceased, who has been identified as Temitayo, was reportedly stabbed with scissors in the late hours of Thursday, April 6, around Ebenco filling, opposite Akua junction, Akungba. Some passersby’s rushed to Aduloju Hospital where he was stabilize for a few hours. However, he became worst due to the injuries he sustained. According to the University’s Student Union, Temitayo had intervened dispute between an “Egbon Adugbo” and a third party who owned the Egbon Adugbo an amount of N4000. However Temitayo promised to settle the bill for the latter. Temidayo was able to reimburse the perpetrators 3000 naira out of the 4000 naira but was unable to pay the remaining 1,000 naira outstanding which resulted into an argument causing the death of the fresh graduate. “A guy (the third party) was owing them money,” the source said “and he told them (the perpetrators) that he will help the guy to pay the money to avoid drama. So he paid 3k out of the 4K and couldn’t raise the last 1k. So they started disturbing him and he said they should stop disturbing him that he did not owe them that he only rendered a help and this afternoon(today) a guy came into the villa.” “As usual they acted as Egbon ADUGBO to collect money. So he said he can’t give them, which led into an argument as if they’d meant to deal with him … and they came from nowhere to stab him after a lot of arguments and they scattered the villa with bottles and spoiled our gate”, the student Union told the Gazette. 
The statement also noted that the comedian failed to appear once when arrangements were made to settle the issue. 
