A part four student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) studying Biochemistry, Agbolade Zainab Olamide was on Wednesday allegedly stabbed by her stepmother in Osun over graiter, a object use in slicing okro.
AMILOADED gathered that the incident occurred at their residence at Oke Ogun in Ila Orangun community of Osun state.
Speaking with our correspondent, Zainab said: ” We have been having misunderstanding since all this while. She is the last wife and my mum is the second wife out of the three wives of my dad.
“My mother borrowed her graiter a week or two weeks before the incident occurred. We returned it. Even if she wanted to borrow something from us, she won’t ask, she will just come to our room and pick it.
” So, on Wednesday, my mummy wanted to borrow her graiter again. She wasn’t around then. And my mummy asked one of her children to bring the graiter. She lied that she didn’t see it. So I told her that whenever her mummy wants to borrow something, she doesn’t use to ask before she picks it. I told her that now that it is our time to borrow from you, you and your mummy are now keeping it.
“Thereafter, I told her that I will slap her (step sister) if she comes to borrow anything from us.
“When her mother came back, she reported to her that I cursed her. So, her mother started shouting and wanted to attack our last born.
“It is then I voiced out and intervened by returning her abuses. Unknown to me, she came close to me and stabbed me with knife on my head.
“My dad was there and he couldn’t tell her to leave the knife. Instead, he told me to leave his wife alone.
“I ran away from home and reported the case to the police station. She didn’t even feel any remorse of her action. I saw her laughing before the police arrested her.
“My Daddy blasted me for reporting the case to the police. He said it was a family issue. I was not even in control of myself. He saw me with blood and couldn’t do anything. He went to the police station to bail his wife back and said he was not going to do anything unless my mummy begs her.
” All I want is for her to serve judgement and realise her mistakes. This is not her first time. She had once stabbed my dad with a broken bottle, did same to out first born. She had once even hit our last born’s head against the wall. All I need is justice.”
When our correspondent contacted her father who simply identified himself as ‘Baba Zainab’, he said: “Yes. My third wife stabbed my daughter. And I have sent the two wives away from home. I am their husband and I have right to send them away.
” I sent them away because they had a misunderstanding. I was at home the day the incident occurred and I went to the police station to bail my third wife.
“After she was released. I got home to try to settle it. They didn’t give me the chance for settlement. So I sent the two wives away so that their families can come for settlement. Maybe today or tomorrow, the case should be settled.
When our correspondent contacted the spokesperson for the police in Osun, Opalola Yemisi, she said: ” I will get back to you shortly.”
As at press time, she was get to get back to our correspondent.
This story is serious, stabbing a human like you , may God have mercy on us. I pray government should do proper judgement on this!
This story is serious,l pray government should do proper judgement on this!