MY MOTHER GAVE ME POISON SUBSTANCE TO KILL MY FATHER, 10 YEAR OLD BOY TELLS COURT

“After giving me the substance, my mother warned me never to tell my father or anyone about it. However, I love my father and I told him because I never wanted any bad thing to happen to him,” he told the court.

The boy further in  his testimony, told the court that his mother gave him nylon which contained some powdery substance, aimed to terminate his father’s life, with instruction to pour in his father’s food as well as his bathing water.

Penpushing, however, also reports that, the wife, Adenike Ayodele, had petitioned the court to dissolve her 15-year-old marriage to her estranged husband, Adeshina, on grounds of irresponsibility and battery.

The petitioner who resides  at Agbaje area of Orita-challenge, Ibadan, had told the court that  her husband had turned her into a punching bag, adding, “at any slight opportunity, my husband beats me. For 14 years, Adeshina has not stopped beating me and the last one he did was the reason why I made up my mind to call it quits with him’.

“On that day, I requested for money for the upkeep of the children and Adeshina gave me a beating resulting in blood dripping from my two ears. He also broke one of my legs that day and I am still experiencing the pain till today’, she told the court.

“Again, on December 5, 2018, Adeshina came to attack me in my shop because he was not happy that my business is doing well despite his inhumane treatment. Then, he threatened to ruin my business by all means and what followed was the burgling of my shop two Sundays ago.Now, all my means of livelihood have been burgled and I got him apprehended but without any positive result,” Adenike said.

Penpushing further reports that, the husband in his response, agreed  to his wife’s request for dissolution  of the marriage but denied all the allegations leveled against him,stressing, “my lord, I had on different occasions given Adenike the children’s school fees’.

He added,“aside from that, when one of our children urgently needed a surgery to be performed on him, I gave Adenike the required money for the surgery, but she spent it on herself. I sent her to school to acquire NCE, but she told the school management that she is a widow which means that I am nothing to her’.

“If I give her money to buy anything at home, she doesn’t put my name on the receipt.Worst of all, Adenike told our second child to put poison in my food and bathing water, but, the child revealed the secret to me and I informed my relatives about it,” Adeshina said.

Penpushing also reports that, petitioner, became  unruly during the court ’s proceedings, and was ordered by the  court, at next hearing which was adjourned the President Ademola Odulade till February 27 for judgment.