Akolade Arowolo, the 31-year-old man
standing trial for allegedly killing his banker wife, Titilayo, on June
24, 2011 said he and the deceased kissed and had sex for two hours on
the day she died.
He said:
“That day she died was my birthday. I see birthdays as a new year in one’s life and I usually pray at the early hours of that day. I prayed till 3am but was woken by my wife’s kiss. We had sex for almost two hours and it was very good as we hadn’t done such in a while. We later prayed and talked about how we could improve on our relationship as well as business opportunities.”
Akolade said he only slapped his wife
once throughout their three-year marriage, adding that their marriage
was not a violent one as alleged.
Akolade, while being led in evidence by
the defence counsel, Olanrewaju Ajanaku, told an Ikeja High Court on
Thursday that he met his wife at Lagos State University in 2005 while he
was taking classes for a postgraduate degree.
He said they grew close and became good friends and he got her pregnant in 2008 and they got married in November that year.
He said, “We were great friends and
lovers but that is not to say that we didn’t have challenges. In the
course of our relationship, there were times people commended us because
we knew how to counsel people.
“We were everywhere together and I took
her to work on many occasions while sometimes, I would leave the car for
her to take to work while I would use public transport. Our challenges
were like those of many young couples. We disagreed on many things.
“For example, a few months before our
daughter, Olamide, was born, we were making plans for the baby when she
demanded N500, 000 to buy all necessary things. I told her I didn’t have
that much on me and she should accept N100, 000 but she refused and
left for her parents’ home.”
Akolade described his wife as
hot-tempered adding that she always flared up whenever she could not
have her way, earning her the nickname, Thatcher.
He said a few months into the marriage,
he noticed that his wife’s attitude had changed and he sought advice
from a friend who told him to leave the house whenever there was an
argument. He said one day, his wife got him very angry and he slapped
her only once.
He said, “One Friday, I went for a vigil
but did not come back the following morning. I went to stay with a
friend because I wanted my wife to miss me. However I started missing
her and I went back home that same day. On getting home, I met a man in
the house whom my wife identified as her colleague. The man left
immediately after.
“I went through her phone and noticed
that she had called her father, George Oyakhire, an ex-boyfriend of hers
and an unidentified number. Later, I asked her why she didn’t call me
when I did not come home but she said she did not have airtime. I then
asked her that where did she then get airtime to call the three people I
noticed on her phone.
“She flared up and said I should never go
through her phone again. She then started to call her ex-boyfriend in
my presence. I got angry, grabbed her phone and smashed it against the
wall. She took my phone and smashed it as well, so I slapped her. She
immediately left the house and went to her parents’ place.”
He said his wife was also secretive and
had even confessed to having an abortion without his consent adding that
the abortion later led to menstrual complications.
Akolade, who claimed to be an ordained
pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, said he was not jobless
as reported but was an auditor and had even worked on big government
contracts.
He maintained that his wife had on numerous occasions left him to be with her parents sometimes for months.
Justice Lateefa Okunnu adjourned the
matter till May 22, 2013, for further hearing, standing down the case
after Akolade broke down and could not continue with his testimony.
Source: PUNCH
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