"I suggested they break into the house to free their daughter," she said. The activist opens up as a woman imprisoned, starved by her husband for a year, and dying after being rescued.

According to reports, the woman who was held captive and starved by her husband for a year in Nguru, Yobe State, has passed away in a hospital. Remember how Hadiza, Sadiya mother, saved the middle aged housewife after she sensed something was off when she chatted with her on the phone Hadiya discovered her kid appearing malnourished in Yobe state after traveling there from Kano, where she resides. Her husband had starved her and kept her in a room for a year (read here). Sadiya was taken by ambulance to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, where she received medical care until Saturday, November 19, when she passed away. The Yobe State Police Command announced that Ibrahim Yunusa, Sadiya husband, was taken into custody on the basis of the warrant issued by the Nguru Senior Magistrate Court. over the alleged detaining and starving of his wife. The motive of this act is not known, but police have arrested Mr. Ibrahim Yunusa and handed him over to the magistrate court, DSP Dungus confirmed. Following Sadiya death, Olumide Omosebi, the CEO of Gnosis Help Initiative, a nongovernmental organization helping victims of domestic violence and abusive marriages, revealed that he was made aware of the Sadiya case last year. He said he advised her family to break into the house and rescue their daughter. Sadly, they delayed until one year had passed and it was already too late. A coalition of 56 women and children rights activists have mobilized resources to pursue the case until justice is served. I advised her family to break into the house to rescue their daughter. Activist opens up as woman detained and starved by husband for a year dies after being rescued