Woman accuses husband of selling son for N2million

A woman, Elizabeth Morenike, at the Ebute
Meta Magistrate's court, accused her
husband, Toye Orire, of selling their
undergraduate son, Segun, for N2m.
Morenike said although she had seven
children for Toye, they were not legally
married.

She alleged that her husband collected
money from the accused person,
Ehinmosan Odumayo, whom she claimed
took Segun out to the high seas for work
on June 2, 2012.

During a cross-examination by the defence
counsel, she said Segun mysteriously
disappeared.
She said, "On June 2, 2012, around 6am, I
was in my house when my son, Segun
Orire, came to tell me that he wanted to
follow Odumayo to work.

"I was preparing to go to the market when
he told me, so I gave him the permission to
go.

"When I came back, I couldn't find him and
I became bothered. So, I asked his junior
sister, and she said he had followed
Odumayo to Takwa Bay.
"I searched for him, and after I could not
find him, I went to meet Odumayo to
demand my son's whereabouts.

"Odumayo then said he left my son in a
flag boat."
She said ever since the incident, her son
had not been found.
She alleged that her husband gave up on
the search for their son and collected N2m
as settlement.

However, the defence argued that Segun's
mother was inconsistent in her claims on
the time her child left the house, and
whether she saw the accused taking her
child out on the said date,.

When the magistrate, Mrs. K.O Doja-ojo,
asked him to end the questioning, the
defence consel said, "Sir, we are not done
yet. We have about 115 questions to ask
the witness."
The matter was later adjourned till July 22.

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