A 31-year-old indigene of Delta State, Michael David, who
reportedly murdered the mother of his son and subsequently
reported himself to the police for arrest, has confessed that his
actions was the handiwork of the devil.
The suspect was involved in a fight with the victim, Oyinyechi
Dennis, and allegedly stabbed her to death at Ojoku area of
Lagos.
It was learned that Michael, a carpenter, was scandalizing and
making ugly remarks about Onyinye in their environment which
led to a confrontation between the duo.
The suspect, who attributed his action to the handiwork of
the devil, said his action was not intentional.The suspect
recounted what happened on the fateful day:He said
“Oyinye is the mother of my son, although I did not marry her
legally but when she became pregnant for me, I went to her
aunty and uncle who she was living with for introduction.We
then started living together. But we had a misunderstanding and
then she packed out of my house.“On Tuesday morning,
Onyinye came to my house, I thought she just came to visit me
but I later saw her mood and knew something was wrong. She
confronted me with an issue she heard. She said I was
spreading rumour about her living a wayward life style and not
sleeping at home.‘
’She asked me if I was behind the rumour and I told her yes,
that I had noticed it since she left my place.‘’Out of anger,
she picked up a bottle, broke it and threatened to deal with
me and we began to fight. While we were fighting, I
overpowered her and took the broken bottle from her. She
rushed again to where the knife was and picked the
knife.‘’Out of anger, I collected the knife from her and
mistakenly stabbed her in the stomach with the knife, shortly
after she died.“After my action, I sat for sometime thinking of
what to do, whether to run away or go to the police station
to report myself. I then decided to report myself at Tolu
Divisional Police Station.
A sister to the deceased who gave her name as Chika,
claimed that the issue that led to her sister’s death started
since the victim moved back to the family house.
She explained: “When Onyinye moved her things back to the
house. I asked her what was wrong, and she said nothing,
that she does not want to continue living with Michael.
“Even a week before this incident, when Michael came to
visit his son in the family house, immediately he entered,
Onyinye walked out of the house. But I was surprised when
he called me on Tuesday to inform me that Onyinye is dead
and that he was at the police station.‘’I immediately rushed
down to the police station to find out if it was true and that
was where I heard the whole story.
“What was even more surprising is the fact that on that same
day, after the incident, he called one of our neighbours to tell
my other sister to bring his son which she did but after
sometime, he returned the boy.‘’Maybe he was thinking of
running away with his son but God did not give him the
courage to do so. All I just desire now is for the police to
complete investigation into the matter and let the law deal
with him accordingly.”
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