Thursday, July 18, 2024 - A 40-year-old lawyer, Abayomi Oladire, was stabbed by his client’s husband while performing his legal duty in the Ondo West Local Government Area of the state.
According to the state-owned
newspaper, The Hope, the suspect identified as Kunle Kuteyi, used a broken
bottle to stab the lawyer for allegedly helping his wife to prepare a divorce
suit against him.
The incident occurred on Sunday
evening around 4 pm, July 14, 2024, in Ondo city.
It was gathered that the lawyer was on his
way to his sister’s baby naming ceremony when the suspect stopped him and
accused him of having an affair with his wife to the extent of helping her file
for divorce against him.
The discussion had barely lasted thirty minutes when an argument broke
out between Oladire and the suspect.
The argument later escalated into the
suspect stabbing the victim with a broken bottle.
It was learnt that the victim was
stabbed viciously all over his body and was rescued by sympathizers in the
area, who took him to the nearest hospital for treatment, while the suspect
fled.
A resident in the area, who pleaded
anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the incident, said the attack on the
victim left him bleeding before he was rushed to the hospital.
“We saw the two standing together,
and later the suspect hugged the victim and pushed him away. The next thing we
saw was the suspect bringing out a broken bottle and started stabbing the
victim,” the source said.
Speaking to the publication, the
lawyer Oladire explained his side of the story.
“The wife of the suspect brought a
judgment to me and said her husband was ordered to pay N2 million by the court
to a complainant in a case instituted against them,” he said.
“On checking the judgment, I saw that
both the husband and wife were asked to pay N2 million each, and I explained
this to her
“She went to the complainant’s lawyer
and paid the said amount. Then, she later asked me to prepare divorce papers
because her husband had lied to her about the case.
“I prepared the divorce papers, but
she later came back to me, saying she was no longer interested because her
husband’s family had begged her to forgive him.
“I told her that I would inform the
judge on the next adjournment date. On the day of the incident, I was going to
my sister’s baby naming ceremony when I saw the suspect. He said he had been
looking for me because I prepared divorce papers for his wife.
“He accused me of dating her and of
preparing a divorce letter for her. But I explained to him that his wife had
told me she was no longer interested in the divorce and that we were going to
withdraw the case on the next adjournment date.
“The suspect hugged me and bit me on
my jaw, then brought out a broken bottle and started stabbing me. All I could
do was guard myself to prevent him from stabbing me in my neck or other
dangerous parts of my body.
“In the course of performing my legal
duty, by preparing a divorce for his wife, the suspect attempted to kill me by
stabbing me viciously. He is walking freely in the town, and all the police
stations in Ondo can’t arrest him,” the victim explained.
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