Story: Compulsory Marriage - Season 2 - Episode 28

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Story: Compulsory Marriage - Season 2 - Episode 28

I was taken to Area F just beside Ayinke House there but later transferred to Criminal Investigation department, Panti the following day. My parent visited me and i had private audience with them
Mum: Oko mi, please tell me the truth…what exactly happened and how did it happened?
Me: Am not a killer mummy, you know your son mummy, i can’t even kill a rat
Dad: We know you are not a killer, it might have happened by mistake, did you guys had any argument?
Me: argument ke? If not for the dinner she was preparing, she wanted to follow me to the saloon, i came back and met her on the bed
Dad: uhmmmmm…..this is serious, the police are still carrying out their preliminary investigation sha, we have been advised to get a good lawyer for you which we are going to do because i don’t think going to plead with Biola’s father is an option and i don’t know if they will be able to grant you bail
Me: Please do all within your best daddy….please don’t let them take me to court, am innocent, i don’t know anything about this, i didn’t kill Biola
Mum: Don’t worry my son, we will continue to pray for you and pray God intervened in this issue
Dad: And my mind doesn’t fail me, i never wanted to support the marriage in the first place, my mind was not in total support of it, as if i knew another trouble is looming
Mum: we shouldn’t be talking about that again now daddy, the next thing now should be the solution to this issue
Dad: God will see us through…..
They left my place that afternoon, our family lawyer came to visit me at the station, asked series of questions to ascertain my involvement which i explained all i knew to him but the question that comes to mind was who killed biola? For what motive? Did she commit suicide? Why will she commit suicide?..so many questions asking for answers but there was none
I was taken to court after like a week at the cell, the presiding judge remanded me at Kirikiri because of the nature of my offence. It was almost a month have been at the prison, my lawyer and parent used to come and visit me at the cell, it was during one of the visit from my mum and lawyer that we had a lengthy discussion
Lawyer: This case is seriously a dicey one and we need to be praying for God intervention…
Me: what happened?
Lawyer: What did you do immediately when you saw your wife on bed?
Me: I removed the knife from her stomach, covered the place with cloth so that blood won’t be rushing out
Lawyer: (cuts in)…That exactly was the mistake that you did because your finger print was the one they found on the knife and part of her own too which to my observation shows that maybe you guys were struggling with each with the knife and the mistake happened, have explained to your parent that you need to tell us the truth if there is anything you are hiding from us
Me:Am not hiding anything…All what have said is the truth, i didn’t kill her
Lawyer:Did you guys have any secret or involve in any deal that involves third party? Do you know if she was dealing with anybody that might have been a threat to her life
Me: None that am aware of, Biola that i know doesn’t like trouble, she prefer to let go of anything that might want to cause trouble for her or anybody close to her
Lawyer: So, if you are not the one, who now killed Biola and for what reason?
Mum: We don’t know ooo..I pray God intervene in this matter
Me: What is Biola parent saying?
Dad: uhmmm, those ones, they said you must also die since you killed their daughter
Mum: her father was even the worst, we have done everything for them to drop the case but they are adamant that the law must take it cause
Dad: Biola’s Dad said, as if he knew something bad will happened that was why he never wanted to give you her daughters hand in marriage but his wife forced his hand into the marriage
Mum: He is seriously blaming the Mum, i learnt they had to involve their families before they could settle the feud Biola’s death created
Lawyer: we just have to prepare our case very well, you need to maintain when the trial start that you were naive that was why you touch the knife, we have gotten across to the barber you went to his saloon to come and testify for you since that was where you were when the incident happened..he also identified someone that was at the saloon together with you that night and for now, they are still ready to come to court…..We just have to start preparing our defence
Mum: How are you coping here my Son?
Me: There is nothing like freedom, am tired of this place oooo
My parent left kirikiri and i was taken back to my cell, not later than a month after, my parent came and told me that trial date has been fixed.
Trial commenced and just as like my lawyer instructed, i maintained my innocence that i was not the one that killed my wife, we had no quarrel and there was no reason for me to kill her, my lawyer called the judge attention to the fact that i just came in from kidnappers then and according to police report of the incident, i was suppose to be killed by the kidnappers and after which they will kill my wife.

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