A Nigerian man, Osaremwinda Iduwanyi
who allegedly killed a mother of three, Gladys Okoh for alleged infidelity has
given the main reason why he killed her.
The deceased before her death was a
divorcee. Iduwanyi confessed that he killed the woman after finding condoms in
her handbag.
He made the confession while being
paraded by the Commissioner of Police in Edo state, Kokumo Johnson. The police
commissioner said Iduwanyi stabbed his victim severally “on the stomach,
back-side, ribs and private part with a knife. The suspect accused the victim
of infidelity having discovered condoms in her handbag”
According to Iduwanyi, “What
happened was a mistake, I never did it intentionally. We were living together
with a promise to get married.
We were serious in the relationship.
I had earlier warned her to desist from receiving phone calls from his male
friends and she promised to stop it. One day she said I should give her money
to start business and I had to sell my car for N250, 000 and gave her N150,
000. She travelled to Lagos and used the money to and buy personal clothes and
the next day I reported the matter to the brother that I had to sell my car
because of her and now she used the money to buy clothes for her personal use.
“On the day that I killed her, I saw
her with my mother quarrelling accusing my mother of gossiping about her which
my mother denied. She immediately went into the house and parked her things
that she was leaving. I had to allow her go but the next morning I went to her
and begged her to stay. She pushed me away that I should go and meet my mother.
She said my mother was responsible for my frustration.
I saw her getting dressed preparing
to leave and when I pleaded that she should stay she pushed me away and we
started fighting. There was a knife very close to her which she picked up and
wanted to stab me but I collected it from her and stabbed her in her abdomen
several times. I ran away by jumping through the fence. I also found condoms
with her on several occasions.
My wife and two children were in
Italy. I came to Benin because of my father’s burial . I pray to God to forgive
me. It was not intentional."
The police boss in the state also
paraded several other men who killed their girlfriends for different reasons.
According to him, a 19-year-old
Junior Omo Shaba confessed to stabbing to death, his 18 years old girlfriend
identified as Matilda Odiri. He said his late girlfriend accused him of
infidelity.
Shaba, who regretted his action
which he described as a mistake, said he abandoned the corpse of his girlfriend
by the side of the road when he sighted vigilante men on patrol near the scene of
the crime.
He said, “At about 11 pm when I
got home on the fateful day, I saw my girlfriend Matilda Odiri at the gate
waiting for me so I took her in. While peeling the orange she bought for me she
started complaining that I used to keep late nights and that sometimes I would
not even come to the house.
She also accused me of keeping
another relationship. As we were arguing she wanted to use the knife to stab me
so I collected the knife from her and in the process I mistakenly stabbed her
on her breast and she fell down.
I was in shock when I realized what
had happened seeing my girlfriend bleeding. I them carried her with the hope of
taking her to the hospital but as I was walked down the street I saw flashes of
torchlight and gunshots fired by some members of vigilantes so I dropped her
body and ran away. Someone called me in the morning that a large crowd had
gathered around the corpse of my girlfriend. My father then called that I
should report myself to the police station in Aduwawa. I’m feeling very bad, it
was like a nightmare, it was never my intention to kill her.”
Also, 30 years old Alexander Ogbeije
was arrested for allegedly killing his lover who police identified as Mercy
Okoh, 27 years with a cutlass in a farm in Uronigbe, Orhionmwon local
government area and allegedly hid her corpse at the base of a plantain tree. He
told journalists that he was from Abavo community in Delta. Narrating how the
incident happened, he said “we normally farm in Uronigbe in Orhionmwon local
government of Edo state.
I was able to save money for three
years after the sale of my crop proceed. I then called my girlfriend and gave
her N576,000 to keep that it was the money we would need for our wedding and
invest whatever was left for her provision business. Three days after I gave
her the money she started behaving funny.
I later discovered that she had
spent the money and when I asked her she admitted spending the money. Each time
I asked her she always threatened to kill me so I reported the matter to her
family. I went to her brothers to inform them about the money but instead I was
attacked by some thugs so I had to escape. One day, I was at the farm and
suddenly she appeared and started making trouble with me, shouting on top of
her voice. It was when she slapped me severally that I got angry and hit her
with my bare hand and she fell on the ground and died."
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