Episode 30
That one week was the most anticipated one of my lif. I started fasting and praying to God for His favour on this case because with the evidences at hand, it might go either way. My parents and everybody close to me were not
excluded. In fact, my parents told me they have been visiting different pastors and Alfa for
prayers.
Judgement day was finally here, we all arrived at the court as early as 10am. Court
proceeding started around 11am. After listening to final submission, the judge finally
come out with the ruling and sentenced me to eleven years imprisonment for man slaughter.
His submission was that even though there might be an iota of truth that I wasn’t the one
that killed my wife and there are some people out there after my life and my wife’s own. My
defence failed to proof beyond reasonable doubt that I was not the one that killed my wife and for the fact that my finger print was the one on the knife found as exhibit.
He posited that the prosecuting counsel was more convincing because they established
that there was actually a feud between me and my wife and the fact that our call log that
day showed that we had a conversation like argument which I later ended the call
abruptly. Evidence showed that I had something with the person we are kidnapped together
which I didn’t deny too.
Based on the submission of both counsels, the judge found me guilty of man slaughter rather
than murder because its very possible that the stabbing was a mistake maybe during the
process of trying to safe myself. He advised that my case would serve as a lesson to young married couples to learn how to manage differences in amicable ways as crimes
doesn’t pay.
As my parents were crying so were Biola’s parents raised curse on me. They were jubilating that finall, justice had been served on me. They called me all sort of names that I couldn’t remember. It was a sad event watching my father shed tears for the first
time. I couldn’t imagine the sort of torture I had put my parents through over the past one year. From one trouble to the other all because of fornication, all because of 5 minutes enjoyment, all because I wanted to chance a lady I met onthe road and thought I could do hit and run on.
After the conviction, I discussed with my lawyer if there would be a case for appeal which he told me was a two way thing, he said
it will be a bit dicey, if i win the appeal, the judge might set me free or might reduce my
sentence. We would lay claim to the fact that since it wasn’t intentional they should give me
leniency as have never committed a crime before.
The sad aspect of it would be if the appeal didn’t go our way, the judge might confirm the sentence or even add more to it with the claim that the judge were too lenient with me. He explained to me that its a risky venture that its all depend on me if i wish to pursue it or spend 11 years which might not be more than
8 years in our normal calendar year. I gave him the go ahead to appeal and let us risk the
outcome.
Days are becoming weeks, weeks turning into months. I had already spent more than 6
months in the prison after my sentence. Life in the prison was another thing entirely which I don’t want to talk about for now. I was so
happy when they brought the news to me that my appeal date had been fixed. It was a
month and half to the day they told me and I was seriously looking forward to it.
I had an unusual visitor this lovely Saturday. I was in my cell soliloquizing about how my life had been for the past 2 years when suddenly the warder called me that I had a visitor
waiting for me. I followed him to the visitors’ room where I saw someone in small hijab. They told me she was the person asking of me. I couldn’t picture the face from far until I moved closer and realized it was Simbiat.
TO BE CONTINUED
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