Compulsory Marriage - S02 E29

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Compulsory Marriage - S02 E29

Read Story: 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.