A 19-year-old undergraduate of a university in South-West Nigeria, Ade, has allegedly stabbed his 19-year-old pregnant girlfriend on her stomach for refusing to have an abortion.
The incident took place at the residence of his girlfriend’s parents at Sango-Alaro area of Ibadan.
The 100-level student told Vanguard that he got the idea from the different options given to him from a Google search: ‘What to do if my girlfriend does not want to have an abortion on Google.’
Narrating the incident, Ade said: “I met my girlfriend about two months ago on Facebook.
“I proposed a relationship to her and she accepted.
“We had sex only once on July 4. I did not protect myself.
“On August 10, she told me that she was pregnant.
“I went to her parents at Alaro area of Ibadan and they wanted to know what my intention was on the pregnancy.
“I suggested that she had an abortion but they said they could not abort for their daughter because it was against their belief.
“I told them that I would get back to them.
“I left for home confused, but on the way home, different thoughts went through my mind because I didn’t want my parents to know.
“I didn’t want to disappoint them.
“I was with my phone at home and I picked it and typed ‘What to do if my girlfriend does not want to have an abortion on Google.’
“It brought out different options that I can deny, which I didn’t deny.
“Another option was to convince her to have an abortion, which did not work.
“There were also other options but the last one was that I could kill her.
“I chose that option because she was the only one who knew my house and I believed that if I killed her, no one would be able to trace my house and I would get away with my action.
“To kill, Google gave me an option to use poison, which I knew no pharmacy would sell to me.
“Other options were to use a gun or a knife. Knife was easy to get, so I went to the market same day to buy a knife and returned to her house.
“I attacked her with the knife but she was resisting.
“I stabbed her on the right and left sides of her stomach and slashed her throat.
“It was the fear of disappointing my parents that made me take the action.
Unfortunately for the accused,the girlfriend’s cry for help alerted her neighbour,who coincidentally happened to be a policeman.
The neighbour identified as Sergeant Ayeni Oluwafemi immediately arrested the suspect after he found a knife with him and called for medical assistance.
The suspect is currently in custody at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Oyo State Police Command.
The girlfriend is currently at the Intensive Care Unit of a Hospital in South-West Nigeria battling for her life.
The Oyo State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Adekunle Ajisebutu, who confirmed the incident, said that the suspect would be arraigned in court after investigations are concluded.
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