WOMAN ACCUSES HUBBY OF SELLING UNDERGRADUATE SON FOR N2M

0
1488

A woman, Morenike Orire, has accused her husband who she has seven children  for of selling one of their children, Segun Orire for N2 million at the Ebute- Meta Magistrate’s court.

Though Morenike declared that she was not legally married to her husband, Toye Orire, she alleged that he collected money from the accused person, Ehinmosan Odumayo, whom she claimed took Segun out to the high seas for work on June 2, 2012.

During a cross-examination by the defence counsel, she said Segun mysteriously disappeared.

She said, “On June 2, 2012, around 6am, I was in my house when my son, Segun Orire, came to tell me that he wanted to follow Odumayo to work.

“I was preparing to go to the market when he told me, so I gave him the permission to go.

“When I came back, I couldn’t find him and I became bothered. So, I asked his junior sister, and she said he had followed Odumayo to Takwa Bay.

“I searched for him, and after I could not find him, I went to meet Odumayo to demand my son’s whereabouts.

“Odumayo then said he left my son in a flag boat.”

She said ever since the incident, her son had not been found.

She alleged that her husband gave up on the search for their son and collected N2m as settlement.

However, the defence argued that Segun’s mother was inconsistent in her claims on the time her child left the house, and whether  she saw the accused taking her child out on the said date,.

When the magistrate, Mrs. K.O Doja-ojo, asked him to end the questioning, the defence counsel said, “Sir, we are not done yet. We have about 115 questions to ask the witness.”

The matter was later adjourned till July 22.

 

Sign up for our daily newsletter

Get the latest news delivered straight to your inbox every day. Stay informed with the Orijo Reporter's leading coverage of Nigerian and world news.
Loading

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here