A
housewife who cheated on her husband and got pregnant has been arrested by the
police at Ajegunle Divisional Headquarters, Mile 12, Lagos, after she delivered
a baby and attempted to throw it into a soak-away pit.
The
housewife, Fatimoh Adekoya, 29, was caught by her husband on Saturday, 21
December, after placing the baby together with the placenta beside a soak-away
in front of their house at 27, Ifelodun Street, Weighbridge, Owode-Onirin, Mile
12, Lagos.
Fatimoh,
a mother of three, delivered the baby herself around 4 a.m. on Saturday and
wrapped it with a cloth along with the placenta and placed it beside the
soak-away.
Her
husband, Quadri Mayowa Adekoya, who claimed he did not know that his wife was
pregnant, said he saw blood all over her and also on the floor in the house.
Apart
from the blood, he also heard a baby crying outside. He later traced the blood
from his room to a Bagco sack placed beside the soak-away. The baby and
placenta were wrapped with a cloth.
“I
saw my wife dripping with blood and while still wondering what was wrong, I
heard cries of a baby outside. I traced the blood and discovered that the cries
were coming from a baby inside a Bagco sack placed beside the soak-away. I knew
instantly it was my wife who dumped the baby there,” he narrated.
He
said that he was surprised by the findings, adding that his wife never told him
she was pregnant. ”Moreover, we’ve not had sex in the last one year because we
were living like a cat and mouse in the house,” he said.
According
to him, he leaves home 5 a.m. and return 9 p.m. everyday and this made it
difficult for him to notice that she was pregnant.
“We
are just living under the same roof without any intimacy. We did not have sex.
We have been fighting because she failed to perform her responsibilities as a
wife. She does not take care of my children and does not cook or wash my
clothes. So, I let her be,” he said.
After
much persuasion at the police station, Fatimoh Adekoya was forced to confess
her sins. She confessed that she had an affair with one Moshood Agbaje, a
bricklayer, living around the area. According to her, he slept with her only
once and did not know that it would lead to pregnancy. She described her action
as a mistake and begged for forgiveness. She believed that Moshood must have
used a charm on her.
“I
only did it once with Moshood. He was a bricklayer close to our house; I never
knew it would turned out like this. I know he must have charmed me,” she said.
When
asked her reasons for engaging in illicit affairs, she blamed it all on her
husband, Quadri. She described him as irresponsible, adding that he doesn’t
give her the necessary attention.
Asked
to respond to his wife’s claim of neglect, Quadri denied vehemently that he
does not take care of his wife.
The
wife’s mother, Mrs. Taiwo Abass, who was also present at the station, admitted
that her daughter made a mistake, adding that by her action, she has brought
shame and disgrace to her family.
“I
don’t want to discuss this matter any further. My daughter made a big mistake
and she has brought shame and disgrace to the family,” she said.
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