Wednesday, July 30, 2025 - A 27-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly k!lling his mother-in-law in Kogi State has revealed why he committed the crime.
The incident occurred in Olla community, Omala local
government aree of the state last Friday, July 25.
The suspect identified as Yayu Musa, lured the
50-year-old woman, Atayi Abdul to her farm where he attacked her with a
machete.
Musa fled to a neighbouring village after the m8rder, but
was traced and arrested by a local vigilante group.
A family member of the deceased, Lawal Muhammed, said that
the suspect k!lled the woman because she refused to accept his proposal to
marry her daughter.
However, during interrogation, he confessed to committing
the crime because his mother in-law had been threatening to marry off her
daughter Umi Idris, to another man because he couldn't get her pregnant.
“I was angered into k!lling my mother-in-law because she
wanted to deprive me from marrying her daughter,” he said.
"The woman (victim) gave me her daughter Umi Idris to
marry, and I have spent all my hard earned cash in caring for my wife. But my
mother in-law insisted that she will give my wife to another man to marry
simply because my wife has difficulty becoming pregnant. And I have spent so
much money to ensure my wife conceived to no avail.
"At a point I had to sell my motorcycle and made
serious financial commitment in seeking medical solutions for my wife to get
pregnant. But in spite of all that I did, my mother-in-law kept telling me I am
not man enough to marry her daughter, and that she will give my wife to any
other capable man to marry
"So that was why I got angry, and I love my wife, I
don’t want to see her marry another person while I’m still alive.”
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