“It Was The Devil That Pushed Me To Kill My Wife’s Lover” – Husband Laments

Adebisi Akinrinmola, 43, was paraded by the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, at the command’s headquarters on Friday for allegedly shooting his wife’s lover, Ashimiyu Ademola. He was accused of killing his rival on Sunday, February 19, at Ajebo Village, Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State.

Punch reports that in his statement to the police, Adebisi said that the woman in question, Fausat, was his wife for 9 years, due to their childless marriage they separated and she started seeing her lover, Ademola. He also said that the day the incident happened, an argument had ensued between himself and the deceased.

“It is true that an argument ensued between two of us. When we were arguing, he squeezed my cloth at the neck region and I managed to escape from him.  He then started chasing me with cutlass. He was the one who pursued me to the farm house with a machete, and I had to reach for my dane gun and shot him to defend myself. I regret my action; it was the devil that pushed me to carry out that action. I tried my best to make sure Fausat bore me a child but it did not work.”

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Akinrinmola, who is awaiting a court hearing, also disclosed that he had a first wife who is still in Oke Oka, Ondo State and that she had five children with him. He added that the incident happened in his cocoa farm in Ijebu Igbo.