I made love to my husband before killing him –Wife

 “My husband did not offend me, I was just mad at him.” This was the confession of a 39-year-old woman, Mrs. Omotayo Salawudeen, who reportedly killed her

husband, Alhaji Hakeem Salawudeen, at Haleluyah Estate, Osogbo, the Osun State capital.

Salawuden stepped on his wife’s toes by marrying a second wife. This came as a yet-to-be-identified man has allegedly stabbed his 11-year-old son, Favour Oyediran, and abandoned him inside the bush in Ogun State. Omotayo, who was apprehended with her alleged accomplice, Oladapo Dolapo, was paraded yesterday by the Commissioner of Police, Olafimihan Adeoye, at the state Police Command Headquarters.

The suspects are being interrogated by detectives attached to the State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID). Omotayo said: “I hired Oladapo Dolapo to help me kill my husband at my own desire. Before killing him, I even had sexual intercourse with my late husband, Alhaji Salawudeen Hakeem. “We have been married for 17 years, we are blessed with three children aged 12, 15 and 17.

He did not offend me, I was just mad at him. “I choked him with pillow, after having sex and Dolapo stabbed him to death with a knife. “I regret my action. I did not know it would feel this way. “My late husband was a good person who always took care of my needs and that of my children but it was just my desire to kill him for marrying another wife.

“Dolapo, who I contracted to perpetrate the act, was a former convict.” In his own confession, Dolapo said: “I actually stabbed the late Salawudeen while Omotayo covered his head with a pillow until he died.

“Omotayo contracted me to punish her husband by killing him, with a promise to give me whatever I requested, if the operation was successful. “Omotayo enticed me to commit the crime by promising me a befitting accommodation and other largesse.”

The Commissioner of Police, Adeoye, said that investigation revealed that Omotayo did not only hire Dolapo but she actively participated in killing her husband.He therefore warned members of the public to be wary of marital or domestic dispute by promptly reporting such to the police for necessary action.

Adeoye promised that the suspects would be arraigned as soon as investigation was concluded. The commissioner said that Adesina Jimoh Salawudeen of Number 3, Engneer Adesina Salawu Street, Osogbo, came to the station on May 12 and reported that on the same day at 3a.m. two unknown men entered his brother’s house located at No 11, Adeniran Street, Alleluyah Estate, Osogbo and stabbed him to death with a knife and that nothing was stolen.

He said: “A team of police directives and patrol men went to the scene where inscription was found on the wall of the deceased house ‘No Price No Pay, Aye Axe and Forgiveness is a sin’. “Oladapo Dolapo was the first to be arrested in connection with the murder of Salawudeen.”

Meanwhile, Favour was stabbed and left for dead on Sunday near the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate on the Abeokuta-Siun-Sagamu Expressway, Ogun State. It was learnt that the father had lured Favour into the bush on the fateful day. The suspect was said to have stabbed his son in several parts of the body, including the neck and abandoned him after the victim pretended that he was dead. It was learnt that Favour was living at Abule Agbon, located between Kobape and Abeokuta, with his father, stepmother and her two children.

A good Samaritan, who was passing by, was said to have rescued the boy after he crawled out of the bush. Our correspondent learnt that the badly injured boy was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, where he was admitted at the Children’s Ward.

A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Favour’s mother had separated from his father, and that the latter frequently maltreated him. The source added that the father had once complained that the son embarrassed him “too often by reporting him to the Baale (village head) each time he is assaulted by his father”.

When contacted, the FMC Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olusegun Orisajo, disclosed that the victim had undergone surgery at the hospital and was now in a stable condition. Orisajo, however, said that the privacy of the victim must be respected.

When contacted yesterday, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he has yet to be briefed about the incident by the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area.