The
woman who gave me a substance told me that it was a charm meant to
endear my husband to me. I never knew that what she gave me was acid.
All I was trying to do was to keep my husband’s love so that he would
not think of leaving me, because I know that my marriage with any other
man would not endure because of my barrenness.”
The incident occurred less than 24 hours after a similar happening at
Oje area of Ibadan where a man allegedly poured a bottle of acid on the
mother of his two kids for reasons best known to him. But the
difference is that while the Oje suspect ran away after committing the
act, the Foko victim, Shola prevented his assailant from escaping as he
ran after her and held her until neighbours came to assist him in
preventing the lady from running away.
Sources learnt that the Foko incident happened at about 9a.m while
Shola was lying down in a room he stayed with his partner, Remi.
In an interview with Remi after her arrest, the lady, who also got
some of the acid on her skin, claimed ignorance of the substance she
poured on her partner, saying that she thought it was a love charm.
According to her, “I met Shola in 2003 and we have been together
since then. He was the one who forced me to abort for him twice, and
since then, I have not been able to get pregnant again. Then, he had a
wife with two kids.
“When I had my first pregnancy, he said that his wife was also
pregnant with their third child, asking me to abort mine, which I did.
He used to schedule his stay between the two of us. We used to quarrel
often and this got me worried because I knew that if he left me, I would
not be able to have another steady relationship since no man would be
willing to live with a barren woman.
“I met a lady called Iya Azeez at a provision stall at Agbeni market,
Ibadan. During our discussion, I intimated her of my challenges and
said that I didn’t want to leave my husband. She replied that I would
have to resolve the issue through self-help. I asked for assistance to
stop further quarrels between me and my husband and she said she would
help me get water that had been prayed into from an Alfa, stating that
all I would need to do is to sprinkle it on my husband, after which he
would love me without holding anything back. She gave me a bottle
containing the liquid substance on Tuesday, January 26.
“On Wednesday morning, my partner, Shola, was lying down when I took
the bottle and poured the content on his head. He cried in agony from
sleep and I also shouted and ran out. But he followed me and caught up
with me beside the house next to ours.
“He asked people to help him hold me so that I would not run away. By
then, a huge crowd had gathered and it was then they started saying
that it was acid that I poured him. Some of the liquid got rubbed on my
body when he held me, giving me some burns.”
The suspect claimed that she did not know the residence of the friend
who gave her the purported bottle of liquid, saying that she only met
the lady about two months ago. She confirmed that she quarrelled with
her husband concerning accommodation, since she already told him that
she was tired of living with him in a room she rented herself.
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