02/01/2026
I'm telling my story from the prîson
My house help is now my co wife.
I have 4 children and my husband is always busy with work.. the work load became too much for me....
My husband süggested we get a help so l can be a bît free... I told him I will inform my mom so she can bring any little girl from my Village...
My husband refused... he said he doesn't want my village people around our children...
He loves and can do anything to protect the kîds..
After 3 days, my husband told me he spoke with one of his Family members from his mom side in the village cõncerning releasing her 17 year old daughter....
I didn't bother asking him much questions because l don't really know much about his mom's people....
At the end of the month, he brought the girl her name is Precious and I told him to give me her Aunt's number so l can always communicate with the person her daughter is living with me...
My husband said the woman is not a phone type that she's always busy in the farm they can only reach her through a family member who has tràveled back to Lagos...
I decided to maintain my cool... the little girl was respectful and will always do as I say.. for the few days she spent here, has a good record...To me, looking at the girl, she doesn't look 17 years old.... I feel she's older than that....
One day I started asking her questions...
I asked her how old she is, she said 23... I was eáger to know more... I asked her the name of her village and all that, she said she's from E cross river... Everything she said was different from what my husband said... l waited for him to return.. when he returned I asked him and he said the little girl doesn't know what she's saying…..
I never wanted to make it an issue that night... because l was already süspecting something. My kîds are already liking the girl... I decided to forget all about her and cõncentrate on how she's tréáting my kîds and how she's doing her house chõres...
5 months of staying with us, the girl(Precious) no longer wákes eárly as usual so we can prepare the kîds.... The other day I decided to watch her till the end... normally we do wáke by 4:30 am.. I woke up that day fînished everything....
I took my kids to school as early as 7:10 am that's the rule of the school... when I came back she was still slééping....
I didn't wake her, I left her because I want to see the end of it today.., the previous day I wõke her and asked her if she was sîck, she said no.
My husband came out to have his breakfast so he can leave for work...
when he was eating, I told him that his niece is changing...
He didn't even allow me to cõnclude, he said I should stop looking for issue where there's none... may be she's tîred, if she were to be your own daughter won't you let her rest?... my husband added.. Immediately he made me feel like a bàd person....decîded to close my mouth... as we were there, Precious came out...
The first thing my husband told her was to go have her bath so he can take her to the hospital.... Hospital for what? I asked him….. Why do you like keeping me in the dark? If this girl is sîck I should be the one to take care of her... and I asked her if she was sick, she said no...Why are you making me look wéák before this girl??....
Iasked my husband... he didn't say anything but went inside the room to dress up.
They left the house together,,, the ánger in me was crying lõudly... I managed to cõntrol myself....
I went for school runs, came back and my husband called and I refused picking... he dropped a text to tell me that Precious won't come home today that he took her to one of her Sisters(precious's sister) here in our city... I didn't reply the text.... How can my husband be making me feel like a stránger in our home?
I took care of the kîds and they all slept... I waited for my husband till
1: am mîdnight, he wasn't back... because of how ángry I was then, I refused to call or pick his call...
I later called him and he didn't pick but texted me that he's fine, I should go to bed he will speak to us in the morning... I went to bed.
The next day he came back around 6pm, I was already back from school runs... l asked him about Precious, he said she's recõvering..
I told my husband I don't want to see that girl in my house again because she's the reason you're acting stránge and making me feel wéàk... I added. This is my house, I decide who stays or not....
My husband said.... We àrgüed and ráised voices at each other... my husband left the house after picking what he came for...
Ever since he left the house, I didn't hear or see him for 2months... I only see crédit alert with description: For family expenses...
My kîds are always asking me about him, crying and dîstürbing to see their daddy... I am one person that can never involve anyone into my marriage....But that day decîded to call his only sürviving Uncle in the Village, he picked and asked him about my husband's late mom.. I asked him if he's knows about my mother-in-law's family....
According to him: your mother in-law had no surviving family, she was born in our village and her parents dîed when she was 5 months old.... When her parents dîed, my family took her and raîsed her...no one came to claim her, so that was how my brother decîded to marry her..He added...
After the call, I drove out to meet my husband's friend...
I went to their house and his wife opened the door, we exchanged greetings.. I told her I want to see her husband.They aren't back O.... Who are they? I asked her... (normally the lady talks too much that's why don't associate with her)...
She said, oh you're not aware that your husband took my husband to accompany him to cõurt for cõurt wedding;;you know you stopped talking to me that was why I didn't bother infôrming you.... Immediately my eyes started tûrning me....l bègged her to please drive me home to be with my kîds that I can't drive... We got to my house around 6:30pm and my husband was home already with Precîous... so the woman who brought me left without them seeing her..
I managed to get to my kîds room... I was crying in there... praying that this Precious of a girl didn't hürt my kîds while I was away... because she's an énemy.... I crîed géntly but my first daughter notîced and wôke up…. Mommy why are you crying? She started crying and I couldn't prétend not crying, I held her and cried the more.... Did your Sister Precious hürt you?
My daughter said no... a did she do anything you E don't like? She said no but sometimes she plays nâked vîdeos of uncles and Aunties for them to watch....Immédiately stréngth éntered me, I rüshed out... went to her room, she wasn't there, went to the sitting room, look at her sêrving my husband food...
I slap her and pus her with the whole of ánger in me,... she fell, hit her héád on the tiles édge and faînted.... My husband kic me with ánger, got myself on the floor...My children ran out, holding me and crying.... My husband carried
Precious to the clinic.
After 1 hour he came back with Police men..
He 0rdered them to árrest me...
I was handcüffed and my kids were crying, I watched my children cry as I was taken to the car and they drõve 0ff....
