John Udin, a retired soldier may likely spend the rest of his life in jail for killing his 14-year old daughter, Glory.
John 72, from Jesse, Warri in Delta State was discharged from the Nigerian Army in 1999 as a corporal. He has 11 children from three wives. Two of the wives and seven children are in Jesse, while he resides at 28 Adewale Street, Iba New Site, Ojo, Lagos with the youngest wife, Comfort and four children in a two-room apartment.
Last Tuesday, what started as a minor family quarrel turned fatal.While Comfort, Glory, and three of her children were preparing for Church Service, John(father) blocked the entrance and asked them not to leave the compound.
According to the ex-soldier, when Glory noticed that the gate was closed, she made a derogatory sign. John said Glory has no respect for me and this made him angry.
Out of anger he dragged Glory to their bedroom where he allegedly beat her with a nail-studded plank.
According to Comfort, her husband didn’t allow their daughter any medical assistance.
“I went and called a nurse who came and gave her some treatment at home. When she was not improving, my husband took her to a hospital where she died” Comfort said.
Glory died last Sunday five days after the incident.
In an interview John in a sober mood, wondered why he should kill his own daughter and heaped the blame on Satan.
“I am not crazy to give birth to a child and at the same time kill the child. I don’t have a mother or father, my children are everything to me. So why should I kill her? My intention was to hit the plank on her back to make her feel the pain and nothing more but it landed on her forehead.
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