Compulsory Marriage - S02 E28

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Compulsory Marriage - S02 E28

Read Story: 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

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.