Triple tragedy….
◗ Loses both in fatal accident
◗ Let me die with my unborn baby, he pleads with doctors
Linus Oota, Lafia
It
sounds like a tale out of the blues. A strange story only possible in
the never- never land. But alas, the story is real as only reality can
be.A man and woman met and fell in love and got married along
the line, with a vow never to leave each other until death does them
part. But somewhere in the middle of the otherwise happy union, the
problem of infertility crept in and, not surprisingly, put a sharp knife
on the thread of love and hope that held the couple together as the
woman’s best friend became pregnant for her husband in a
not-too-pleasant circumstance.Hell hath no fury like a woman so
jilted. In a bid to even the score, the woman poisoned her husband so
that both she and her betraying friend could lose the man. “Let it be
neither mine nor hers,” one of the harlots involved in child paternity
claim with her partner was said to have told King Solomon in the Bible.
That appeared to be the philosophy behind the woman’s decision to poison
her husband.But while friends and foes battled to save the
man’s life in a hospital, tragedy raised the ante to the second power.
Like a bolt from the blue, the woman in the eye of the storm, got
involved in a fatal accident, under inexplicable circumstance, while
trying to escape for her dear life, after realizing the danger she was
in. But tragedy raised the ante to the third power when the following
day, her best friend, who was on her way to see the father of her unborn
baby, after learning of the evil perpetrated by her aggrieved friend
also got involved in a fatal accident.Making of the tragedy
Tragedy
of the Shakespearian proportion and propensity! That’s what everybody
is now calling the story of the 47-years-old Titus Akoon, a staff of
Lafia Local Government Area, living on Makurdi Road, Lafia, Nasarawa
State, his wife, Judith Audu, a native of Igala from Kogi State and her
best friend, Doose Tyover, a Tiv from Vandeikya Local Government Area of
Benue State.December 2018 marked exactly 10 years Titus and
Judith were married but without a child to cement the union. All their
efforts to get a solution to the problem both medically and spiritually
ended up in failures. In walked Judith’s best friend, Doose, into the
ugly marital picture. She and Doose had attended the same secondary
school. The bond between the two friends was said to have grown stronger
when both of them secured admission into the College of Education,
Katsina Ala, to read for the National Certificate in Education (NCE).As
a matter of fact, that was where Judith met her husband, Titus. But to
her embarrassment and later chagrin, Judith discovered that Doose is
pregnant for her husband. This painful discovery made her decide to
terminate his life through food poisoning. Afraid that her own life too
might go for it, if the man succumbs to death, in the course of
treatment, she decided to escape. But she could not go too far with that
plan as she, in mysterious circumstance, lost her life in a fatal
accident that occurred while she was travelling to Lokoja, on Friday,
March 20, 2019, in a bid to run for her dear life.But as it
were, tragedy was not yet done with the family, the following day, March
30, 2019, Doose who was coming to Lafia from Makurdi, to check on the
health of the father of her unborn baby, also died in a fatal accident
that, altogether, claimed four lives. She had embarked on the trip with
her brother and his friend, but the two survived. Surprisingly, before
embarking on what later unfortunately turned out to be for her a journey
of no return, Judith, her aggrieved friend, spoke with our
correspondent in an exclusive chat, in Lafia.Judith’s sorrowful story
“I
have been married for about 10 years now, though I am still praying for
a fruit of the womb,” she said with sadness in her voice as she sought
to explain why she embarked on the revenge mission as well as how Doose
got impregnated by her husband. “I thought I had a happy marriage till I
realized that I have been living in a fool’s paradise. The issue now is
that my best friend is currently pregnant for my husband,” she
announced with a heavy sigh.“I have been friends with Doose from childhood in Makurdi and we were
so
close that people thought we were actually sisters, though she is Tiv
while I am Igala by tribe. We went to the same secondary school and
graduated from the same College of Education in Katsina Ala. Our
friendship was such that after we finished our wedding and relocated to
Lafia, she kept visiting us regularly. But one thing with Doose is that
she finds it very difficult to keep a steady relationship. I believe
this is why she has not gotten a husband till now.“Late last
year, she got a private job offer as a desk officer with one of the NGOs
in the state and naturally, she had to stay with us before she could
get her own accommodation. I was so happy to have her live with us. I
was even happier when she and my husband hit it off right away. Little
did I know there was something else brewing between them.”Judith
who is a private secondary schoolteacher in Lafia said the closeness
between Doose and her husband grew and at a point, “I became suspicious
and told my husband I was no longer comfortable with it. But he swore
that he was only being nice to her. Three or four months later, I
noticed that Doose was becoming fatter, lazy and throwing up all the
time.But when I expressed my concern, she assured me that she
was only suffering from malaria bouts and would soon be okay. She later
got a better offer in Makurdi and went back. But while there, she told
her close friend about her pregnancy for my husband. I confronted my
husband with the hint, but he vehemently denied it.But the cover
was blown when I read a text message sent into his phone by Doose
demanding money from him to go for a medical checkup as well as to
register for antenatal care. This time around I confronted him with the
iron-cast evidence and he confessed that actually Doose was pregnant for
him and that he intended for her to have the baby since I am yet to
bear a child for him. He said was he was beginning to lose patience.
When I protested the cheating on me, he said if I was not comfortable
with that, I should excuse him.”Looking into the reporter’s
eyes, she said: “I felt betrayed by my friend and my husband. I could
not control my emotions. Quickly, the devil began to suggest in my mind
to eliminate him through food poisoning. So I bought local insecticide,
otapiapia, and mixed it with his food. I reasoned that since he wants me
to excuse him, he should be the one to excuse himself from this planet.
He did not want my happiness and he was also not polite about it. I
felt that he should also not live to see his baby from Doose. If it were
another lady, I would not have felt as angry. But I don’t think I
should fold my hands and see Doose take over my home. But since my
husband allowed it, I felt that the unexpected should happen: I would be
a widow but her child will have no father.”Doose’s ill-fated ‘rescue mission’
Interestingly
too, before Doose embarked on the ill-fated journey, our correspondent
got her to tell her own side of the sordid story through her phone
number supplied by Titus. “Yes, I am pregnant for Mr. Titus,” she said
in confirmation of Judith’s allegation against her. “He asked me for it
and considering the fact that he is the only surviving son of his late
parents, I gave in to his demand.More so, I am no longer
getting younger without a husband. It is quite unfortunate but that is
the position. I don’t have any intention of hijacking her husband from
her as she was thinking. I only intend to deliver the baby for him and
go my way. I pray that nothing happens to him in the hospital. I will
find time to come over.”Titus curses wife, wishes for death
At
the hospital where doctors were battling to save the man’s life, he
regrets that the woman could not fulfill that last wish of hers and he
puts the blame squarely on his wife whom he now regards as the very
embodiment of everything evil. “I did that to have a child,” he said
while trying to explain how the so-called infidelity and betrayal of
trust he is now being accused of came about.“Ten solid years of
marriage without a child is not an easy task. I want the doctors to
allow me to die so that I can join my unborn child. I don’t deserve to
live again,” he sobbed on learning about the two tragic deaths.But
of the two women in his life involved in such tragic death, it is the
wife that he has the harshest words for, noting that she will not find
peace in her grave. “I may not be right but that was the only available
option to test my virility as a man, to know where the problem lies.It
was easy for me to ask her to abort it, but looking at my condition, I
couldn’t gamble with such as it may be the last opportunity for me to
have a child.” Looking up, he said: “May God forgive my sins and grant
my unborn child and the mother eternal rest.”
Source:- Sunnewsonline
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