One Aminat Akani has been arrested for drowning a four-year-old child, Nofisat, the only daughter of
her lover, Moshood Mubo. The 24-year-old suspect told Sun news that she
killed the baby to teach her lover a lesson. She accused him of
getting her pregnant without providing for her and her child, Yussuf.
Born and bred in Ibadan, Oyo State, Aminat was said to have lured
her lover’s two kids, Nofisat and Lateef, to her house in the Orile area
of Lagos when her lover and father of her only child, Yussuf refused
to give her money for the recent sallah celebration.
Realising
that Nofisat was dead under a circumstance yet to be proved, she
disposed of her and proceeded to Lagos Island with Lateef. She was
arrested on October 9, 2014 by the police when relatives, who knew that
the children were missing, spotted her in the market while she was
about to sell off the second child, Lateef.
“I am a hairdresser. I normally go to Isale Eko to make hair at the
hairdressers stand. This was where I met Moshood in 2011. He is the
dream of every woman and naturally I was attracted to him, and he was so
generous. I do not need to come to the market regularly because he was
always providing me enough money. He told me that he is married but as a
muslim that he is entitled to marry more than one wife.
“I was happy to have found a man who loves me, that was why I had sex
with him without condom. Months later, I got pregnant. Initially, he
was not happy about it, but later promised to marry me which he never
did till date.
“My parents were furious, but he assured them that he would come and
perform the marriage rites as soon as he gets money. It was then I
realised that this man who had been spending money on me was not
actually rich. He was barely surviving from the proceeds of his shop,”
Aminat narrated.
Since the damage (getting pregnant) has been done, Aminat had no
choice but to resign to her fate and bear the child. “It was too late
to abort the child, so I decided to manage what was on ground. He
rented a room for me at Orile. Things got worse as he could hardly give
me the normal amount of money that he gave me while we were dating. I
even had to start visiting his house, so that his wife, Fumilayo will
know that I am also part of the family. This was how I became familiar
with two of his children, Lateef and Nofisat. He was living like a big
man in a well furnished house while I was isolated and neglected. After
the birth of my baby, Yusuf who is two years old, I did everything
humanly possible for him to come and pay my bride price so that I can
move in and live with him but he refused. I even tried to lure him to
have sex with me so that I can get pregnant but he was avoiding me
completely. He abandoned us in Orile and hardly sends money for our
upkeep.
“I had to work hard to maintain myself and our son, Yusuf. I was so
sad because he had spoilt my chances of getting married to another man.
On October 3, 2014 which was a day before the Ileya festival, I
called him to request for money to celebrate the festival. He told me
that he did not have money, even to buy a new cloth for his son, Yusuf. I
was so angry and moved over to his house at Church Street later in the
evening. Although he saw me with my son, he went ahead to ask me to go
home that he does not have a dime for me and my son. It’s his flesh and
blood, so why should he abandon us?”, she asked.
Embittered, Aminat devised a means of getting back at her lover,
Moshood. “I saw the kids outside and since they knew me, I told them
that I was to take them to market to buy Ileya clothes for
them. They gladly followed me. I wanted to teach their father a lesson
he will never forget in a hurry. I was happy that he was moving up and
down and spending money looking for the children. I wanted him to spend
that money that he refused to give me. I was still planning to return
the kids when on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 I realised that Nofisat was
no longer breathing.
“I was terrified because I knew that I would be termed a murderer. I
had to compose myself and throw her dead body into a pool of water in
our area. The story should be that she got drowned.”
Grateful to God that she has got rid of the dead child, Aminat
decided to also get rid of Lateef who is about 7 years old. “Even if I
returned Lateef home, he would tell them that Nofisat was with us and I
will be arrested. I decided to move him to CMS and sell him. We were at
CMS when one woman recognised Lateef and started shouting. I was
arrested and taken to Adeniji Adele police station.
“I am sorry, although my plea will not bring back Nofisat. I took
them away to teach Moshood a lesson. Why was he taking care of Nofisat
and Lateef while my son was suffering as a result of neglect? My anger
was that if he knew that I was not good enough for him, why did he get
me pregnant? I am happy that Moshood is not ready to follow up this case
which means that I will soon be released. Fumilayo should learn to
forgive me so that God will give her another child to replace the one
that is dead. I am sorry”, she pleaded.
Asked if her family was aware of the incident, Aminat said that her
father is aware and has been pleading with Moshood to withdraw the case.
Confirming the incident, Lagos State police command spokesman, DSP
Kenneth Nwosu said that the suspect will be charged to court at the end
of investigation.