Story: Compulsory Marriage - Season 2 - Episode 29

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Story: Compulsory Marriage - Season 2 - Episode 29

My lawyer maintained that it might be possible that my kidnappers might have contracted the job out to their colleagues prior before i was released because we were suppose to be killed simultaneously or the fact that the other members of the kidnap gang that were already at large decided to take revenge on me because the police killed three of their members. He maintained that it most possible that i was actually the one they came to look for at home that night but had to take their revenge on my wife since they didn’t meet me at home.
He further maintained that my life was already at threat and maybe God wanted to safe me that was why police arrested me, going out there still put my life at risk as anything could still happen to me. The barber was called as a witness and he corroborated the fact that i was at his place that very evening to barb my hair, he said he even teased me that it has been long he saw me.
I was glad that one of the other guy i met at the saloon also volunteered to give his own side of the story at the court. He maintained that he was the last person before i walked in and what even make it so interesting was that we argued about football that night as we were looking forward to champions league final between barca and Manchester united, since i was a united fan, we argued about Messi and Ronaldo on that particular night.
My lawyer closed his own case and the judge fixed another date for the prosecuting counsel to open their own case. My lawyer and Dad visited me at the prison later on
Me: Thank you so much lawyer, you did a wonderful job
Lawyer: Am only doing what have been paid for, no need for you to thank me Mr Snakie
Me: What is the outlook now
Lawyer: Outlook is fine, we still need to continue to pray to God for his intervention, to the best of my knowledge, have been able to convince them that it might have been either way and thank God for the police from benin that cooperated with us
Me: Who invited the benin IPO
Dad: I had to go to Benin personally to plead with them, i have to pay the police officer personally, lodge him in a preferred hotel just for him to come and confirm the kidnap case
Me: Thank you so much Dad
Dad: You just have to continue praying
Lawyer: we need to look forward to the next trying date and i believe God will perfect all he has been doing for us
The next trial date was here already, the first witness that was called by the prosecuting lawyer was Biola’s Mum, we were stunned when she told the court that her daughter reported me to her a day before the incident and the day the incident happened when they visited our house.
She said, after her daughter reported to her that i have a lady which we were both kidnapped together and she felt there was something between us. She said have been having sex with the lady and her daughter said she should come and talk to me so that what happened in the past won’t happen again.
The plan was for her to come back to our house later that night because she has a function to attend in our area, she had it in mind to come and sleep at our place that Sunday night, talk to both of us about our future and the fact that i had to do away with anything that will cause trouble to my life, she said it was a surprise that she came and find the blood of my daughter littered in my flat.
I was asked if i knew anybody called Simbiat which i said yes, i was further asked if we ever had sex together which i also answered in affirmative but told the court that it was not something that comes from my mind as we were threatened to do it at Gun point.
I was asked if i ever had any argument about the issue with my wife which i said yes but was just normal talk between married couple as i couldn’t hide anything from my wife again based on the incident that has been happening to us over the past one year.
I was surprised when Biola’s mum maintained that i threatened her daughter to forget about the issue and not to tell anybody and the fact that i kept it as a secret from everybody, she said her daughter complained that she was not feeling safe with me again as she couldn’t trust me for now.
The prosecuting counsel maintained that the call record on Biola’s phone shows that i was the last person she spoke with and our conversation that night still lead on the issue of Simbiat that if she was the one keeping me so late outside as barbing my hair shouldn’t take up to an hour, they maintained that record from the call log showed that i ended the call abruptly.
The prosecuting counsel conclusion was that it was possible argument ensued between us when i got home from the barbing saloon which led to fight between us, the fight got out of hand, even though it might not be intentional, we struggled together with the knife since she was in the kitchen cooking that night and mistakenly stabbed her.
After hearing both arguments, the presiding judge adjourned ruling on the case till like a week time.

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