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7-year-old prospective Law student at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Alex Esther, narrates to Punch how she set her boyfriend, Chidinma, ablaze after he allegedly made her abort three pregnancies.<\/p>\n
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What is your name?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n My name is Esther Alex.<\/p>\n How old are you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I am 17 years old.<\/p>\n What do you do?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I just gained admission into Benue State University to study Law.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n You were arrested for allegedly setting one Chidinma, said to be your boyfriend, ablaze. What happened?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I just cannot explain why I killed my boyfriend. I was just angry over all the issues we had.<\/p>\n What were the issues?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n We had been fighting over some issues; like I was a virgin when I met him, and he promised never to leave me but to always stand by me. Our relationship was serious to the extent that we had to take a blood oath before I allowed him to deflower me. When I got pregnant for him, he gave me an injection in his medicine shop to abort the pregnancy. I got pregnant the second time and he promised that we would keep that one (pregnancy). Then he started misbehaving and would sometimes not even come home while I was pregnant.<\/p>\n Were the two of you living together?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Yes. He came with some people to meet with my family after which I moved in with him. Then I got pregnant for him the third time. We had serious problems to the point that we had even been going to the police station. I later had to pack out of his house. His sister would sometimes come and beat me up in the house. I couldn\u2019t fight for myself. After our last fight, he travelled to his village for Christmas and came back on Saturday, January 9, 2021.<\/p>\n The night he returned from the village; he came to look for me at our house. I was going to buy something in the neighbourhood when I heard him calling me but I didn\u2019t answer him. He started begging me and said there were things he needed to settle with me. I said I had forgiven him. He then said I should come to his house and I said it wouldn\u2019t be possible immediately.<\/p>\n So, what happened then?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Eventually, I decided to go to his house the following day but I was scared that he might harm me. So, I decided to buy some fuel for N840 from a man selling around my house. I also bought matches and went to visit him at night.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What happened when you got to his house with the fuel?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n By the time I got to his house, the main gate to the compound was already locked so I had to go and knock at his window. He asked who was there and I said I was the one. He came and opened the gate for me, and I entered but left the fuel outside.<\/p>\n We started chatting in his room and settled (our differences), then we had sex. I actually didn\u2019t feel like having sex with him, but he forced me and had his way. After the sex, we both slept off.<\/p>\n Then what happened?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n I just cannot say, but later, I went outside and carried the fuel and poured it in the room and then I lit the matches. I ran out naked and went and slept inside a church.<\/p>\n How do you feel now?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Reality has dawned on me now and I feel bad about what has happened.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 7-year-old prospective Law student at the Benue State University, Makurdi, Alex Esther, narrates to Punch how she set her boyfriend, Chidinma, ablaze after he allegedly made her abort three…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77780,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n