By Hadijath Musa
William Shakespeare, in his book ‘Romeo and Juliet’, said “ Love is sweet but when it turns sour it’s dangerous”. This is exactly what happened in Kaduna on 14th April, 2023, when a lover simply identified as Kenneth decided to machete his ex- lover Ebenezer Agada to death, for allegedly ditching him.
Investigation revealed that Kenneth arrived Kaduna from Makurdi and later checked in into one of the hotels on WAFF road, just a stone throw from where his estranged lover, Ebenezer works.
It was gathered that after several calls to the lady, without a response, Kenneth hatched a plan on how to take the pond of flesh from her for not picking his calls.
However, Kenneth, who was remanded in custody on 20 April, 2023 by a Kaduna Chief Magistrate Court while speaking to the media, disclosed that when he could not get across to Ebenezer he went to Kaduna central market where he purchased a machete for N2000 and got it sharpened and returned back to his base waiting for the right time to strike.
The suspect said he is a tailor by profession and he had invested so much money and time on the dead estranged lover, whom he claimed have been in a relationship with him for 6 years.
According to Kenneth, he decided in order to win her back, he decided to travel all the way from Makurdi to Kaduna because he had not communicated with his estranged lover for months, because they had a covenant to marry each other, and never leave each other, but was shocked when he got to Kaduna that she was not picking his calls, prompting him to map out a plan on how to get to her.
He added discovered that she works in a pharmacy along WAFF road, and resides in one of the schools with her Aunty on the same waff road, from where he proceeded with his evil plans.
While reacting to the incident, Kaduna state police Command said on the 14/04/2023 at about 21:30hrs, information was received that a crowd had gathered at NEPA Round About Kaduna and they were beating and about to lynch a suspect.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Muhammad Jaeger, explained that operatives were mobilized to the scene where they met the suspect in the midst of the crowd lying unconscious.
“Information gathered revealed that the suspect by name whose second name not yet known, attacked his ex girlfriend, named Ebenezer Agada aged 27 yrs old of Command Secondary and Nursery Sokoto Road, with a machete and inflicted multiple injuries on her face and hands.
“In the process, he cut off her left hand completely, alleging that he spent a lot with her and she want to dump him for another man.
“The victim was rushed to Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital for treatment where a medical doctor on call confirmed her dead”, the Police said.
Speaking to our correspondent on the sad incident, a Clergy, Pastor Francis Musa of House of Purpose Ministry U/Sunday In Chikun Local Government Area warned ladies never to derail from the Gospel of Christ and believed that God makes everything beautiful in his own time including marriage.
Similarly, Mallam Abubakar Ladan of WAFF road Mosque said going into any form of covenant is unislamic and Muslims must desist from it.
Not left out, a lady (name not given), who works along WAFF who claimed to know the late Ebenezer Agada, advised others ladies to watch the people that date and stopped playing smart on men, because some of them are dangerously unpredictable.
