24-year-old man identified as Saliu Ladayo, who was arrested and sent to
Olokuta prison in Akure, the Ondo State capital in 2018, for the
alleged murder of his 19-year-old girlfriend, Nwamma Confidence
Chidiebere, has refused to marry her corpse.
Ladayo allegedly
stabbed Chidiebere to death last May, for calling him a ‘lazy youth. He
later blamed the devil for his actions, saying he was under a spell when
he killed the girl.
The family of the late Chidiebere had
insisted that Ladayo marry her corpse, warning him that if he refuses to
do so, his family members would not exceed her age at the time of her
death.
“You must follow us to our state, Imo, where the wedding
will be carried out like a normal wedding, with wedding gowns, rings and
even the payment of bride price before she could be buried” the girl’s
family had told him.
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