By Hafsat Abdulhamid A 64-year-old Bauchi trader, Abdullahi Hassan has raised the alarm over threats by his own sons, allegedly bein...
By Hafsat Abdulhamid
A 64-year-old Bauchi trader, Abdullahi Hassan has raised the
alarm over threats by his own sons, allegedly being prompted by his ex-wife to terminate
his life.
Hassan, a resident of the Kandahar area of Bauchi
metropolis, who sells building materials at the Railway market in the Bauchi
State capital, told journalists that his problems with his children with his
first wife, who he divorced six years ago, started when he parted ways with
their mother.
According to him, he had to divorce their mother as the
union was rancorous, adding that he opted out of the marriage to have his
peace, unknown to him that it would lead to his own children wanting to send
him to early grave.
He disclosed that he was catering for all his children,
adding that he always ensured that their needs were catered for, while he
instilled best characters in them.
He further stated that he made sure that the children, who
had turned out to be his tormentors-in-chief, were educated, especially in
Islamic education, memorising the Glorious Qur’an and learning Islamic
Jurisprudence.
The save-my soul seeking father alleged that at the root of
his problem is the mother of the children, who he said was conniving with them
with a view to killing him in order to inherit his properties.
“I made sure I raised my children in the best mold of
character humanly possible and catered for their necessities of survival out of
what I earned from my business.
“However, I was made to understand that it is their mother
who is instigating the children against me so if they eventually kill me, they
could have my wealth as a benefit,” Hassan alleged.
Hassan said he empowered the troublesome children who were
now threatening to kill him.
According to him, he did not just stop at that as he, in
line with the culture and traditions of Hausa people, ensured the first child
got married and settled down with his own family.
Despite this, when the trouble of the children became
unbearable for him, he disowned the eldest of them, adding that this did not
deter them from executing their evil plans against him, while some of them had
even started stealing.
“I saw their stepmother’s phone with one of them after she
complained that her phone was stolen. As I was trying to investigate the boy, I
found the phone on him.
“I raised the matter at several fora with a view to finding
a lasting solution to the problem, but nothing has changed
“I initially tried to make the two elderly ones to get
married. I provided one of them with a shop which he mismanaged, while the
other one forced me to pay the debt he collected.
“I sent him to a correctional home in Daura where I spent
more than N200,000 on him. Yet that did not work. He is presently at Dengi in
Plateau State and I gathered that he is stealing there,” the embattled father
said.
As a result of the battle he has been having with these five
children, Hassan said he was now hypertensive.
He, however, sought help from the government and people to
save him from untimely death by reining in his sons so that they would not kill
him in order for “me to fully fulfil my destiny in life”.
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