25 Year Old Killed For For Loving The Wrong Girl.

NA WAH OH!!!

He didn’t know that the consequence of loving an innocent girl would hurriedly send him to his early grave. If Abu Atiku had known, he would have conserved his passion for another girl. Fate had dealt him a fatal blow for daring to love a girl who was dating another boy in the neighbourhood.

Atiku, a-25-year-old Fulani who resided at a camp in Opareke near Kotonkarfi, in Kogi State, was oblivious of the danger that lay ahead of him. On that fateful day, he along with his friend, Gado Mallam had gone to watch a Christmas carol dance at Opareke.

At the venue of the carol, he had a nice time with his 17-year old friend, Ruth, who for the past weeks had occupied his heart and mind. But while returning home in the wee hours, unknown to him, Godwin Abraham, who claimed Atiku snatched his girlfriend had organised some boys to attack him.

When Gado Mallam who was in company of Atiku saw that the evil gang meant harm, he fled into the bush. But Atiku was not as lucky as the boys beat him black and blue. They later tied a steel object round his neck and watched him groan to death.

In an exclusive interview with Daily Sun, Abraham who claimed he was a farmer said he had earlier warned the deceased not to have anything to do with his girlfriend, but he would not listen; so he decided to teach him a lesson of his life.

“I have been going out with Ruth since two years now. We promised to marry each other, but since Atiku came between us, he would not allow me to enjoy the girl anymore.He was coming with money and lots of gifts to lure the girl away from me; things became so bad that the girl didn’t want to see me again.

What pained me most was that she had agreed to go to that Christmas carol dance with me, but immediately she saw Atiku her countenance changed, and she just disappeared with him for a very long time.

I was full of rage, and so I went to organised some boys to attack Atiku and teach him a lesson. That was after Ruth had gone back home and he (Atiku) and his friends were going back to their camp.

But, honestly, I did not know he would die while we tortured him; when he was gasping I thought he was playing pranks, until we discover he couldn’t breathe again; it was then that we ran away; but honestly I feel sorry now, for doing that,” he declared amidst sobs''

The state Commissioner of Police, Seidu Madawaki, who gave the names of the accomplices as, Samson Wakili, Wazili Huleji, Wodi Wala and Ibrahim Moses said as soon as the police had completed their investigations, the suspects would be charged to court.