Chidinma, who ran away from
home 4 months ago, was already
3 months pregnant by the time
detectives from Festac Police
Station, picked her at Diamond
bank, Festac, Amuwo- Odofin, where she went to cash some
money. Her lover is one 21-year-
old Idris Umar, an aspiring
musician, but presently a
hairstylist. . The police reveal that Umar may
be charged with abduction and
rape. Chidinma said she would
have gone back home, but she
was waiting for her dad, who
offended her by beating her for no just cause, to call her. The
dad never did. It was only her
mom who bothered to call and
often sends her money. . According to Chidinma, she said
to Umar that she was 21. She
added: “He asked me my age. I
didn’t want to tell him my real age.
If I tell him my real age, he would
see me as a little girl. I told him I was 21. I ran away from home
out of frustration. I ran away from
home last year. I was 17. . I was in Senior Secondary Class
(SS2). I don’t know why the
police arrested Idris. He hasn’t
done anything wrong. He didn’t
rape me. I gave myself to him. I
knew what I was doing. He didn’t force or took advantage of me. In
fact, he assisted me.” . Chidinma had just been paid
N50,000 for a concert she did for
a company, with the money, she
ran to Lagos and lodged at a
hotel for a week and two days, it
was within this period that she met Umar in saloon where she
used to go for nail fixing. They
fell in love and she moved in with
him. An unperturbed Umar, said: “I
love Chidinma and I don’t want to
look elsewhere. She’s my first
love and lover. I love her. I’m
ready for marriage. I’m soon
going into the music industry; I don’t want women to start
chasing and disturbing me after I
have made it in music. . That’s why I want to marry early.
If I get into music now, everyone
will love me. I wouldn’t know
which one has genuine love for
me. So, I need to marry now. And
Chidinma is my first love." Na wa....
