- Narrates how is father died
The last may not have been heard of the Christmas day incident, which led to the death of Rominus Odo, who was allegedly stabbed to death by his wife, Christiana as the couple’ s seventeen years old son has absolved his mother of any complicity.
The seventeen years old boy Chidera, who spoke with the Metro on Tuesday claimed that it was even his father that attempted to kill his mother.
The son who described his father as an habitual drunkard, stated that his father was always accusing his mother of infidelity and that the incident that led to his death actually started from one of such accusations.
Christiana has been arrested by the police and has been transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigations Department, Panti.
The son said that his father and the mother were dragging a knife,when his drunk father was injured and died before he could be rushed to the hospital .
The boy also claimed that his father actually went to bring the knife,after a neighbour of theirs had collected a broken bottle from him .
Chidera, while narrating the incident that led to the death of his father said ‘my father accused my mother of infidelity, which led to their fight on that fateful day.”
Chidera ,who name literally means ( what God has written )said “on December 25, when my mother and I came back from the market, where we went to sell rice and pepper soup, she was trying to sleep when my father , who had gone out to drink , came back and started disturbing her ”
“My father was shouting that she( my mother ) had gone to see some of her lovers, and this led to a argument between the two of them .” the boy added
He continued that “Before we knew what was happening, my dad had picked up a broken bottle and threatened to stab my mother, I and one uncle Kola persuaded him before he eventually drop the bottle.”
The boy also added that: “after we collected the bottle from my dad, he went inside the room and brought out a knife also threatening to stab my mother”
“Out of annoyance, my mother moved close to him to collect the knife from him, it was when they were dragging the knife plunged into his stomach” the boy explained .
On efforts to save the father ,Chidera said ” Immediately after the incident happened I and some residents tried to rush him to a nearby clinic when he gave up the ghost and my mother was held by the residents who later invited the police who arrested her and moved the remain of my father to the mortuary.