33-year-old Biola
Gbadamosi, has been arrested by the police for allegedly murdering her
husband, Jamiu, in Ikorodu , Lagos state.
According to the police, the suspect, who is a nursing mother, stabbed her husband with a knife during an argument over rice.
It was gathered that the suspect and her husband, a Vehicle Inspection Officer have a history of domestic violence.
Biola,
who claimed to be an Ordinary National Diploma degree holder from
Ibadan Polytechnic was in tears while speaking stated she had no
intention of killing her husband, saying she only stabbed him once on
the thigh.
She said,"Jamiu and I dated for four years, but when I got
pregnant this year, we did introduction and I started living with him
in Idi Iroko, Ikorodu. However, when I was three months pregnant, he
started beating me.
"Most times, he takes alcoholic drink and he
comes back home drunk and starts beating me for flimsy reasons. He even
had a kidney ailment.
"One day, he came home drunk, accused me of
infidelity and started beating me. He said he had been told that I was
going to poison his food, but I continued to endure. I, however,
reported the beatings to his mother and siblings."
The suspect said
after being delivered of a baby in August, she usually went to her
family's house in Somolu from where she would take her baby for
post-natal.
She said on September 7, 2013, she returned home with her baby only to have a fight with her husband hours later.
She
said,"While I was about leaving my parents' home, my husband called to
say that he was broke and I should make money available for the weekend.
When I got home, I started cooking fried rice but my husband, who was
drunk, said he did not like it. I jokingly called him a bush man and an
argument ensued.
"While we were arguing, a neighbour, who sells
drinks, came into our flat to collect money that we owed her. I was
grating carrots with a knife when my husband slapped me and said I must
leave his house that night.
"I used the knife I was holding to strike
him on the thigh and he started bleeding profusely. The neigbours and I
took him to a hospital. At the hospital, I was told that my husband's
injury was not deep, so neighbours said I should take my baby home."
The suspect told PUNCH Metro that the next morning; the landlord informed her that her husband died at midnight.
"The matter was reported at the Owutu Police Division and I was arrested,"she said.
She
pleaded with the police to show her mercy, saying,"My little baby,
Oluwaseyifunmi, is with my husband's family and I fear that my child
will never get to know me if I am sent to prison. My breasts are still
filled with milk and no baby to suckle them."
When our correspondent
visited the scene of the incident, the landlord, Theophilus Kalejaiye,
said the couple had a history of violence.
Police Public Relations
Officer, Ngozi Braide, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent
on the telephone, said the matter had been transferred to the State
Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba for further investigation.
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