Story:: MURDER CASE ( EPISODE 2 )

*Murder Case.*

*Episode 2*.:
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She turned back and saw her husband pointing a gun at
her. She was shocked. Her husband had never la!d a
finger on her not to talk of pointing a gun at her. Yes he
had lost his Job but that doesn't mean he has lost his
mind. "I was in that establishment before you. I know how it
is done. Those big men choose people to spend the
night with. I gave you the benefit of doubt but you
failed me" What are you talking about, i never slept with anyone"
Grace shouted. "Put the gun down" a voice spoke. They both turned
their heads and saw Paul Adeyemi, pointing a gun at
Jacobs. "We can settle this without…. Kpaa" Grace was trying to
complete her statement but she was shot. She fell down
to the ground.
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Paul Adeyemi stood inside the dock, a bible was
brought since he was a christain and he took an oath placing his hand on the bible.
I, paul Adeyemi do swear that the evidence i shall give
shall be the truth, the wh0l£ truth and nothing but the
truth. So help me God. Barrister Briggs walked up to the witness.
"how are you doing Mr.paul?" he asked him. "Am fine thank you" paul replied. "oh, i can see you are really fine. So i was told you were
the one who alerted the police and paramedics about
the incident at the house of Mr. Jacobs. As a first hand
witness, what really happened?" he asked. "I was going to my house that faithful day, and i
decided to branch jacobs house. When i got there, i saw
him pointing a gun at his wife but before i could make
any move he shot her" paul explained. "And what evidence do you have of this claim" barrister
briggs asked. "A picture. I took a snapshot of jacobs pointing a gun at
his wife" he replied.
Barrister Briggs turned and walked back to his table
while still talking.
"At this juncture, i'll like to present my first evidence"
he brought out a picture. Exhibit1 was bodly written at
the back. In this photo, jacobs can be seen pointing a
gun at his wife. He passed the picture to the court administrator who passed it to the judge. The picture
was enhanced using a projector for the wh0l£ court to
see. Barrister Briggs then turned and faced paul.
"Do you know of any reason why Mr. Jacobs could kill
his wife?" he asked. "He is a lost Man, he lost his job while his wife still has
hers, thats why he is transferring his anger to the wife"
paul answered. "Thank you mr. Paul, you have been very helpfull"
Barrister Briggs said,he turned to the judge
"i rest my case"he said and walked to his seat. The judge turned to Barrister clement
"would you like to cross-examine the witness?" "Yes my lord" he said and stood up.
Mr.paul can you please tell the court the kind of
relationship you have with the jacobs family? "objection my lord, the question is irrelevant to this
case" Barrister briggs shouted. "objection overuled" the judge came to the rescue.
Go on barrister. "So, Mr. Paul, whats your relationship with the jacobs". "I'm a family friend and am very close to the couple" he
replied. "Any proof? Perhaps group pictures, or text messages.
Do you even even have their phone number?".
Paul thought of his next answer before answering.
"No" "Good, so it has been established that you are not so
close to the family, so what took you to their house at
about past 10 in the night?" "like i said, i was passing and i decided to check on
them" paul replied. "Okay, so correct me if am wrong. You went into the
house, you saw Jacobs pointing a gun at his wife and
instead of saving her you decided to snap pictures?"
Barrister clement asked. "i needed the pictures for evidence" paul replied. "Evidence? So you planned on uploading it on
facebook? There was laughter in the court and when
they were finally brought to Order, Barrister clement
continued. Forgive me Mr. Paul, but i just want to know,
do you have any personal vendetta against Mr. Jacobs? "No" paul answered. Barrister clement went to his bag and brought out a
white paper. He showed paul.
"Is this your signature" he asked. "looks like it but signatures can be forged" paul
answered. "Dont worry about that. Few years back you asked for
the deceased hands in marriage but she refused and
you threatened her that if you do not get her then
nobody else will. This is the statement she wrote in the
police station. It only took the intervention of your boss
in the army for you to sign" Barrister clement passed the paper to the court administrator. He then faced the
judge
"i rest my case" he said and went back to his seat. Even Justice okoro was impressed. He faced Barrister
Briggs
"any other witness". "yes, my lord, i would like to question the accused"
Barrister Briggs said. "Mr. Jacobs, i would like you to give me straight forward
answers to this my few questions and please be
audible" Barrister Briggs advised. "Did you kill your wife?"
Jacobs was shocked. He had expected barrister Briggs to
start from the light questions but he just went straight
to the point. "Answer the question young man, did you kill your
wife?" Barrister Briggs was getting emotional. "No" Jacobs replies. "Did you point a gun at your wife? I mean a loaded
gun". "No"
The court was shocked, less than five minutes ago they
saw a picture of him pointing a gun at his wife but here
he was denying the fact. "Are you saying that picture was photo-shopped?"
Barrister Briggs asked. Do you know the reppercusion if
you lie to this court?" "Objection my lord, he is pressing my clent to admit to
a crime he didn't commit" Barrister clement shouted "Objection overuled, you may proceed barrister" justice
Okoro shouted. "So you are saying the picture was photo-shopped" "No, am saying the gun i pointed at my wife wasn't
loaded, it was empty. Infact, as a vigilante, we always
submit our bullets to our commander. We only collect
the bullets in times of emergency" "so you are saying, you didn't kill your wife, who killed
her then? Barrister Briggs asked. Jacobs took a deap breathe and then spoke.
"Paul Adeyemi" The wh0l£ court was shocked by jacobs' revelation. The
wh0l£ case was taking a new dimention.
"Do you know how preposterous your accusation
sound? You mean he shot your wife and you just stood
there?" Barrister Briggs asked. "Immediately he killed my wife, he charged at me and
hit me with his gun and i became unconcious" Jacobs
narrated "I see.
Your counselor just said Mr.paul has a personal vendetta
against you so why didn't he kill you? I mean, you are
the only thing standing between him and Grace
according to your lawyer, so why did he choose to kill
Grace instead of you?" "I don't know" jacobs replied. "you also said all bullets are submitted to your
commandant untill during emergencies but according
to reports there was an armed robbery attack that night
which means you were with bullet so how about the
truth? How did you feel when you killed my daughter?" "Objection my lord, false charge!! My client has not
been proven guilty" barrister Clement shouted "Objection sustained, Barrister lets wait till that is
proven". Justice Okoro said. "i rest my case" barrister Briggs said. He brought out a
white hankerchief from his pocket and used it to wipe
the already forming tears in his eyes. He sniffed
inaudibly and went back to his seat.
Whispers of eyaa, kai and the likes, were heard in the
crowd. "Would you like to cross-examine him?" Justice Okoro
asked Barrister Clement. "No, your honour." he replied.
The judge turned to Barrister Briggs
"your next witness please" He said.
By this time, Barrister Briggs has already regained
composure.
He stood up and called. "Mr. Fidelis Ogbu, please come out"
A middle aged man who was probably just a few
centimetres fatter than the 'letter I' came out. He went
straight into the dock. "Mr. Fedelis, what kind of relationship do you have with
Mr. Jacobs?" Barrister Briggs asked. "Ah!! Na my paddy o, na me with am the follow drink
for junction. Infact ehm, e dey even carry me go him
house, madam go come cook better food for us. Kai,
madam na good woman o" fidelis spoke. "so were you with Jacobs on the day of the incident?" "yesso, na me with am been drink that day sef. E call
me around past 3 say make we go drink. As we come
the drink na, him come tell me say e go kill him wife
today. I think say na play him the play o. Around past 4
we come drink finish. By then, my friend don drink
5bottles. I come leave am go my house o, na the next day naim i come hear say e don kill him wife" fidelis
narrated. "Why did he talk about killing his wife" "him say as him wife the go work say she the follow
men for office, say him go kill her. "thank you mr. Fidelis" barrister Briggs said and walked
back to his seat. "Would you like to cross-examine the witness?" Justice
Okoro asked Barrister Clement. "Yes, your honour" Barrister clement said and stood up.
He opened his bag and brought out three pictures. "Mr. Fidelis, you claimed to have seen Grace right?"
Barrister clement asked. "oga lawyer i don see the woman plenty times, my
friend the carry me go him house" fidelis explained. "Good, so which of this three pictures is grace's picture"
he asked and gave the three pictures to Fidelis to
choose.
After carefull observation, Fidelis chose one and gave to
Barrister clement.
"Are you sure?" Clement asked. "oga na she be that" Fidelis replied. Barrister clement
then showed the picture to the judge. The picture was
once again enhanced. "According to our 'self acclaimed' friend of Mr. Jacobs,
this is Mrs. Grace. But i tell you what, this is the picture
of Genevieve Nnaji. So our friend here doesn't even
know mrs. Grace. The question is, are we going to listen
to the testimony of a drunk? "Objection my lord, the Barrister is using foul words in
the court. "Objection sustained" Justice Okoro shouted. Barrister,
vulgar words are not allowed in this court. "I guess all am trying to say is, even if my client truly
said what Fidelis has accused him of, then he probably
said it under the influence of alcohol. But there is a
difference of seven hours between past 3 and past 10.
So am sure the alcohol must have cleared from my
client's face even before his wife came back so he wouldn't carry out an action he had said when still
under the influence of alcohol. I rest my case" Barrister
clement concluded.

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