A 45-year-old palm wine tapper and ex jailbird, Adedeji Williams Adenuga, who set the home of his girlfriend on fire, killing nine members of her family has confessed that he carried out the action because she aborted a four month pregnancy she had for him.
The suspect, who had disappeared into thin air after committing the offence, was said to have been arrested in Ijebu–Ode, Ogun State at the weekend where he went to hide.
Adenuga, who was paraded alongside other criminal suspects before Journalists on Tuesday at the Ondo State police command headquarters, Akure, said he burnt the family of his ex-lover following the abortion of the pregnancy.
The suspect, popularly known as “Ojuode”, according to the police, was arrested on Monday evening while wandering under the bridge.
Speaking without emotion, Adenuga claimed he had invested heavily on his estranged girl-friend, Titi Sanumi before she jilted him based on her elder sister’s advice.
Telling his side of the story, he said “Titi aborted the four months old pregnancy that she had for me while we were dating each other.”
Adenuga said although, they have been having issues in recent times, he had spent lots of money on her. “I gave her the sum of N30,000 to do petty trading as she sells sachet water.
“Later, I gave her a sum of N25, 000 to keep for me, making N55, 000 but I think she spent the money lavishly because she was staying with me.
“And while she was staying with me, I spent money on her because her elder sister called Jumoke was also collecting money from me.
“The elder sister (Jumoke) always control and teach her what to do and the issue became open that we dragged ourselves to police station.
“We later resolved all the issue but surprisingly, Titi parked her property out of my house, saying her sister said I should come and pay N20, 000 for her dowry before she would return.
“I begged them to give me time to look for money, and do the needful but they refused and started playing me, having spent so much for her.
“I now went to the station to report what she and her elder sister were doing to me but the police saw it as a small issue which could be resolved amicably.
“After we left the station, they began to abuse me and made jest of me, saying I am a failure and not even a man for dragging them to the police station. In fact, they threatened me.
“They said they would deal with me and even kill me if I do not desist from reporting them on the street. I now see those words as big threats.”
Adenuga said his taget that night was to kill Titi and her sister jumoke, but did not know that other members of the family were in the one room apartment where they live.
“That same day, I planned to take an action and I went to the gas station at night, bought a fuel and stormed their house and poured petrol inside the room while I ran away.” he said.
Speaking on the development, the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Undie Adie said that Adenuga was apprehended following “intense man hurt and investigations”
“Although, the girl whom jilted him is the only one that survived and she is still receiving treatment in the hospital” Adie added.
Titi Sanumi, who was a member of the family, ended her relationship with him after she allegedly found out that he was an ex convict who had even murdered his first wife.
Five members of the family died on the spot, while the remaining three later died at a hospital they were taken to for medical treatment.
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