Anthony Iwuoma
Thirty-five-year-old Eluyera Wasiu, who is in police net for allegedly hiring one Adeniyi Samuel, to kill his 29-year-old pregnant wife, has given reasons he plotted her death.
Speaking g with The Nigerian Tribune, Wasiu said his decision was informed by the uncertainty of being responsible for the pregnancy.
“The last time my wife came to me was on the eve of Ileya in July 2021. Since then, we did not have sexual intercourse, we were just used to calling each other on phone.
“About a month ago, she called to tell me she was four months pregnant. I asked her why she did not tell me earlier and she said she had used drugs to terminate it. On what she expected us to do, she said she would abide with my decision.
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“She came to me and I petted her, telling her that I would go and look for money to do the abortion and also refund all she had spent. I went to look for money and returned in 15 minutes, only for her to say she was no longer interested in abortion.
“I asked her why she initially agreed, and told her that I was not sure I’m the owner of the pregnancy. After she rejected my pleas for the abortion, I told her to leave for her house.
“I used to buy bread for her, so on a day, I bought bread for her again and put poison in it so that she could eat it and get the pregnancy aborted or it would kill her.
“I gave her the bread but when she opened it, she perceived the smell of the poison and called me. I went to collect the bread, threw it in a pit and stopped going to her, to make her have a rethink.
“I have a guy in my neighbourhood and went to explain to him. He said he would return to me for discussion, and when he did, he agreed to kill her, asking for N30,000. I told him that I had N10,000. Days later, I got the money and gave him N5,000 for mobilisation in addition to my phone, which was to be kept by him to assure him of my willingness to pay the balance.
“Three days later, I noticed that he did not kill my wife, so I told him to return my phone. When I felt he didn’t want to return it, I seized his motorcycle and that was what led to our quarrel.
The wife, an indigene of Abeokuta, narrated her experience thus: “I’ve been together with Wasiu for almost 13 years. I had a son for him but he is dead. My son was with his father when he died at six.
According to her, their separation was caused by Wasiu’s extra-marital affairs.
“It was the love affair Wasiu was having with ladies. He has good family members and I was staying with them.
“They used to take care of me. I didn’t know when a woman moved in with him while I was with his family. He even performed the ceremony of traditional introduction.
“His family had earlier assured me that the ceremony would be done with me after he must have finished learning a vocation, not knowing that he had other plans.
“That was why I seized the opportunity of going to take care of my mother while she was sick to leave the family house where Wasiu dumped me. I started living with my uncle on my return.”