My Dad Told Me to Say That Mum Drank Sniper - Murder Suspect's Son Reveals to Police (Photo)

 

Israel, the 12-year-old son of John Owobi, who allegedly killed his wife and is being investigated by the homicide detectives at the Lagos State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department, has revealed how his father told him to tell anyone who asked how his mother, Theresa Owobi died that she drank Sniper (a deadly insecticide).

 

According to a report by New Telegraph, Theresa, a mother of three, who had been married for 13 years, was 5-month-pregnant before her death as Police are working on the theory that John, a commercial bank driver, strangled his wife.

 

While speaking with correspondents, witnesses at Musili Street, Agege, Lagos, revealed that the deceased was allegedly subjected to domestic violence, and that the couple had maintained a cat and mouse relationship.

 

It was alleged that the major issue between the couple was Theresa’s often accusation that John was engaging in extra-marital affairs. The accusation often leads to fights.

 

Theresa’s family members are also of the opinion that John killed his wife because he had planned to marry his pregnant mistress.

 

John’s brother, Daniel Akor, who said that he had lived with the couple for three months, disclosed that Theresa died on July 13, about 9p.m. The couple engaged in a heated argument after John received a phone call.

 

Akor said: “Theresa accused her husband of speaking with his lover. John told her that he wasn’t in the mood for trouble. She started cursing him and walked out of the house in anger. She returned with a bottle of sniper. She poured the content of the sniper into her mouth before we could stop her. We gave her oil to drink, but it was too late. She died.”

 

But Israel said he was asleep when the incident transpired. He woke up when he heard his mother screaming for help.

 

He said: “It was right from my sleep I heard my mother screaming help! help! help! She also shouted, ‘he wants to remove my baby from my stomach.’ My mother was under the bed; I saw my father and Uncle Daniel trying to pull her out from under the bed.

 

Theresa’s sister, Blessing, said there was no way her sister could have committed suicide.

 

She said: “Theresa confided in me and our mother that her husband had been giving her several drugs to abort the five months old pregnancy. I saw my sister a day before she died. She was perfectly okay. I was surprised when her husband called me the next day, saying Theresa was dead. He said she committed suicide.

 

John, who is currently in police custody, said he had nothing to say about the allegation. He insisted that his hands were clean. He added: “I had nothing to do with Theresa’s death. She killed herself.”