THERE was a mild drama at the Yola chief Magistrate Court 5 Tuesday, when a Deputy Director with the State Security Service
(SSS),
Mr. Edward Mathew Magaji, serving in Ibadan was in court to testify
against his wife, Mrs. Joy Magaji, in favour of his girlfriend, Miss
Natasha Aminu Danbaba, a nurse with the Specialist Hospital, Yola.
Magaji engaged the counsel to his wife, Barrister Binanu Eston, in a verbal war, asking that the counsel could take his wife.
Magaji, 40, and his girlfriend (Miss Danbaba), 44, told the court
earlier when he mounted the witness box for two hours to testify against
his wife who has four children for him that he was in the room of his
girlfriend located along Barracks Road when his wife came and broke the
windscreen of the lady’s car after a failed attempt to gain access into
the room where he was “relaxing” with his mistress.
Magaji who gave
oral evidence that contradicted the earlier evidence of his girl friend
told the court that he came out to restrain his wife from causing
further damages in the house but his wife escaped, while Natasha in her
oral evidence told the court that she was alone at home when her lover’s
wife paid her a bloody visit.
The SSS officer also disputed the
oral evidence of his girlfriend who told the court earlier that Magaji
is a senior officer with SSS. In his cross examination he denied being
an SSS officer, but later confessed that he was a top security officer.
Magaji who was warned by the Chief Magistrate on several occasions
against using foul language and unpalatable words in court, denied
beating his wife and insulting her parents.
He further told the
court that he wanted justice for his girlfriend and also alleged that he
divorced his wife last year, but later told the court that his wife was
staying with him and that they both operate a joint business account.
“My wife is co-habiting with me, we operate a joint account business
but this year she sold everything and left for Jos,” he told the court.
The top randy SSS officer, who admitted in court that he did court
wedding with his wife, confessed that the alleged divorce was not issued
by court, but by him.
After the over five hours court session the
security officer threatened to deal with any journalist that reported
the case in the media.
Mrs. Joy Magaji a mother of four was dragged
to the Yola Chief Magistrate’s court last month by Miss. Danbaba for
criminally invading her
house and damaging her car.
The Police
Prosecutor inspector Suleiman Garba told the court that on the 3rd of
January 2014 the accused person (Mrs. Joy) criminally invaded the
resident of the plaintiff Miss Danbaba and damaged the windscreen of her
car.
The case has been adjourned to Monday next week to allow the
police tender the car and the wooden bench Miss. Danbaba claimed the
defendant used to damage her car which the accused alleged belongs to
her husband.
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