COMPULSORY MARRIAGE SEASON TWO = EPISODES 27 & 28.
Episode 27
Lying on our bed was my wife in her own pool
of blood with kitchen knife stuck to her lower
abdomen, i rushed to the bed, she was still
gasping for life just little by little, i removed
the knife from her stomach and tie cloth round
it in order to forestall the flow of blood, i lifted
her up straight to my car as i was shouting,
my neighbour that were in the compound
rushed down to me and help me out, in fact
they didnât allow me to drive.
We arrived at a nearby hospital in our area
but she was rejected, we were referred to
Ayinke House (Lasuth) in Ikeja, we arrived
Ikeja by past 9 and luckily for us she was
quickly taken to the emergency world, i didnât
even know what to do again, my neighbour
collected my phone and had to call my dad
that we were at the hospital, my mum arrived
later in the night..
Mum : what happened? What is wrong with
Biola?
Me: I donât know mum, i donât know oo
Mum: where is she now?
Me: Sheâs with the doctor at the theatre, they
want to operate her
Mum: Operate ke? What happened
Me: I went to barb my hair this evening, i
came back to the house and saw her on the
bed in her own pool of blood with knife stuck
in her stomach
Mum: who stab her?
Me: I donât know mummy
Mum: Did she commit suicide?
Me: why will she commit suicide? For what? In
fact she was cooking, i was the one that put
off the cooker when i entered the house and
heard the smell of burnt food
Mum: So, what could have happened? Abi iru
kileleyi keâŚ..God please come to our aid oo
Me: Am tired mum..what is all this
âwe were still at the corridor discussing with
my mum when we saw someone that look like
Biolaâs mum approaching, she was actually
the one, she was with Biola junior sister, i
started wondering how she knew we were at
Lasuth that night, Doctor approached us that
same timeâ
Doctor: Why did it take you guys so much
time before bringing her down here?
Me: we brought her immediately it happened
Doctor: well, we tried our best but its so
unfortunate that we lost her
Biolaâs Mum: Lost kini? What do you mean
doctor
Doctor: Am so sorry, she gave up the ghost
during the surgery ooo
Biolaâs Mum: Mo ku ooooooâŚâŚina omo jo mi
ooooâŚo ti pami lomo, you killed my daughter,
now you have killed her, you have killed her
abi, now its good like this, you have led me
wellâŚ.where is baba biola oooooâŚ..am dead
ooo (she held my cloth so tight and was
dragging me)
My mother didnât even know what to say,
every one of us was crying seriously, not quite
long they took somebody on a bed which look
like her corpse, i was still deliberating on what
next to do when Biolaâs dad arrived late that
night with some policemen, âOfficer, this is the
killerâ said her father, âOga, you are under
arrest for the murder of Mz Abiola, you need
to remain silent because whatever you say will
be use against you in the court of LawââŚ
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 them
Mum: Oko mi, please tell me the truthâŚwhat
exactly happened and how did it happened?
Me: Am not a killer mummy, you know your
son mummy, i canât 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: uhmmmmmâŚ..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 donât think going to plead with
Biolaâs father is an option and i donât know if
they will be able to grant you bail
Me: Please do all within your best
daddyâŚ.please donât let them take me to
court, am innocent, i donât know anything
about this, i didnât kill Biola
Mum: Donât worry my son, we will continue to
pray for you and pray God intervened in this
issue
Dad: And my mind doesnât 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 shouldnât be talking about that
again now daddy, the next thing now should
be the solution to this issue
Dad: God will see us throughâŚ..
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 interventionâŚ
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
wonât be rushing out
Lawyer: (cuts in)âŚThat 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 anythingâŚAll what have
said is the truth, i didnât 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
doesnât 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 donât 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: Biolaâs 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 Biolaâs 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 courtâŚ..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.