heartless man 47-year-old Thompson Agena from Nasarawa State, has been arrested for the homicide of his six year ancient daughter and solely child, Mercy.
According to Sun newspaper, Thompson killed his very own toddler on the request of his lover whom he desired to marry as a 2d wife.
The suspect who is a carpenter, had gotten married to his first wife, Cecilia in 2005 with whom he had their first child, Mercy in 2011.
They waited for many years earlier than Cecilia conceived for the second infant in 2015. Sadly, Cecilia died in the course of baby delivery in April 2016.
She bled to demise after giving birth to a infant boy.
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I obtained one of my youthful sisters to help her at domestic when she returns back, and I painted the residence in vivid colours.
I did all I ought to to make certain that it was comfy for my spouse and our new baby.
At the hospital, Cecilia had a extended labour, sooner or later giving start to a 4.6kg infant boy, but she endured bleeding, suffering a postpartum hemorrhage, and at 1:23 am, had died of blood loss” Thompson said
A few days after she surpassed on, the little boy additionally died.
A devasted Thompson buried the little boy in his village and persevered with his life, taking care of their daughter Cecilia.
A year after his wife’s death, Thompson enrolled for a part-time diploma programme at the Nasarawa State Polytechnic where he met Joy Orkuma, a native of Guma Local Government Area, Benue State.
They fell in love, and quickly after, she became pregnant for him.
When he requested her to marry him, Joy said the solely condition would be if he eliminates his daughter, Cecilia.
Joy accused Mercy of being a witch and that she might kill her baby after she gives birth.
Joy instructed Thompson that Cecilia typically seems to her in her dream whenever she sleeps over at his house.
Thompson carried out the dastard act on February 22nd.
While she used to be sleeping, Thompson carried his six yr historical daughter and dumped her in a well.
His dastard act was once determined with the aid of one of their neighbors.
Upon his arrest, Thompson said he regrets doing Joy’s bidding.
He attributed his heinous motion to an overpowering love for Joy and the fear of losing her and the pregnancy she had for him.
When contact, Joy who is presently on the run, sounded unrepentant.
She said she only told Thompson to take his daughter away considering the fact that she can’t stay in the same house with her.
According to her, what Thompson did was once the best.
“I informed him that if I have to marry him, Mercy will have to leave,” she asserted, “[because] she continually show up in my desires every time I skip a night time in her father’s house.
So when I grew to be pregnant for him, I informed him that I can’t deliver a child in the residence for Mercy to kill.”
she said
In the meantime, one of Thompson’s brothers, David Agena, said his elder brother used to be not the organic father of late Mercy.
According to David, the late Cecilia Agena was two months pregnant when she married Thompson.
He alleged that while they had been dating, Cecilia was seeing two ther guys and that when she received pregnant, she pressured it on Thompson who took accountability because he cherished her.
“We all knew what happened, but that is a long story. I don’t want to discuss about that now.
No sane human being will kill his daughter because of a girlfriend, [I mean] how can you do a aspect like that?
Cecilia used to be a excellent woman, godly and difficult working; she loved her husband so much, in fact, they both love themselves.
I don’t know what got here over him.
“About three guys, including my elder brother, had been relationship Cecilia and when she received pregnant.
It was puzzling who actually was responsible.
But she insisted it was my elder brother, who out of love, standard it and bought married to her.
Later, we heard that he was once not the one.
So, there was that problem. But, my elder brother and his late spouse have been the high-quality of friends.
There is no purpose for him to do what he has performed due to the fact of a woman.”
David said
Thompson is presently in police custody and will be arraigned in court docket for murder.
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