And She Was Murdered
And She Was Murdered
Decades ago,
a lady, Toluwani, left her town, Erin-Ile, Kwara State, Nigeria in search of
greener pastures for the northern part of the country, Kaduna State. Then Kaduna
State is still peaceful and accommodating unlike what it is now.
Toluwani was
the only child of her parents before they divorced themselves. Her father
immediately after divorcing her mother left their town but people could not say
where he left for. The responsibility of raising Toluwani was left on the
shoulders of her mother who was selling petty things.
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| Divorce |
Toluwani’s
mother, three years after divorcing her husband remarried and have four
children for the new husband. The new husband of this woman did not take proper
care of Toluwani, this makes her think of leaving their town for another town,
she was thinking of moving to a far place where her step father would not have
access to. After serious consideration, he decided to leave for Kaduna State.
She has
no one in the state, but she met with favor while going to the state as a woman,
Madam Pepper, whom she met in the truck that conveyed them to the town decided to
give her temporary accommodation until she settles down, when she heard of her
condition having been in a similar shoe before, it was because she fled from
her husband when the man wanted to kill her that she left to Kaduna from Inisa town
leaving behind everything she has at home, including her two children who
eventually were being taken care by her mother.
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| Truck Carrying People |
After settling
her children, with promise to always send something to them she left Inisa for
Kaduna, and it was on the truck that was taken her to Kaduna that she met with Toluwani
in the truck.
For the distance
of the trip, the drivers used to have stop over at different junctures before getting
to Kaduna. It was during the first stop over at Jebba town when she sees that
the lady did not get out of the truck that she moved to her asking her to
stretch her legs because the journey is still far. The lady told her that she
has nothing and was by faith moving to Kaduna fleeing from her step father who
is hostile to her. The woman pitied her condition and told her that she will be
responsible for her feeding that she should come down. When she got off the
truck she was taken to where they were selling foods to eat, and it was during
this process that they got to know each other. When madam Pepper discovered her
position, she decided to help her until she settles down in Kaduna.
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| Beer Parlor |
When they
got to the town, she started staying with the woman, and working with her at
her beer parlor joint. It was at this beer parlor joint that she met with a man
who took interest in her. She did not want to give in to the man because she does
not want to make the same mistake that her mother made. The man who happened to
be a soldier promised that he will not manhandle her promising to take very
good care of her. Despite all his promises to Toluwani, she will not bulge until
the man involves the woman who helped her settle into the town.
The woman
talked to Toluwani that she should give the man a chance in her life, that she
is having a rare privilege because soldier does not manhandle women any soldier
who does that and he is reported to his superior would be disciplined and may
even lose his job, above all the Madam Pepper added the man is from our side of
the country, she should give him a chance.
After series
of discussion with her, Tolu decided to give in to Captain Jemije.
Captain Jemije
is traditional worshipper who hails from Offa town a neighboring town to
Toluwani’s town. Since he knew no one with Toluwani other than Madam Pepper, he
took the woman as her mother and was doing what was needful to her with
promises that they will go home and pay her dowry later.
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| Soldiers |
The year
that they wanted to go home, captain Jemije was among those who was mobilized to
travel to a west Africa country on a peace mission. He will not return from the
trip until 5 years after.
Before he
left his wife has taken in, and she put to bed twins. He used to send money to
her monthly for her upkeep.
After the
peace mission and he returned to his wife in Kaduna they planned to go home
during one of the festivals holidays.
Before they
traveled to Captain Jemije’s town Offa, there has been issues between Offa and
Erin-Ile, but the news they were hearing where they were was that things have
been put under control that there is no problem again, but unknow to them that
things have not been totally put under control.
They have
been home, and have gone to Toluwani’s parents to pay her dowry. After paying
her dowry they decided that they will not return to their base immediately
because it has been years that he left his town and since the leave he applied
for has not been used up, they stayed back.
One day,
he decided to follow his friend to another town where they used to play golf
and it was when they were there that trouble broke out again between Offa and
Erin-Ile.
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| Destroyed House |
Things were so ugly that those people started taken out people from
Erin-Ile whom they know are married to Offa indigene and started killing them. They
got to the house of this man, took out his wife and killed her because she was
from Erin-Ile.
Before the
news got to them where they were things have been destroyed, things have gone
out of hand. When he got home and saw the corpse of his wife he cried bitterly.
He could not fathom how his people could act sub-cortically.
He left
the town sorrowfully, saying his hope has been dashed.
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