Why I Slept With My Son — Nigerian Mother Confesses

A Nigerian woman known as Matina Agawua, has confessed to having slept with her biological son, from her previous marriage just to have a baby for her new husband.

In an interview with The Nation, Agawua a native of Yelwata, in Nasarawa State, said when she lost her first husband, she decided to remain a widow for 13 years.

Martina Agawua revealed she lost her first husband to a herdsmen attack in Northern Nigeria and her first marriage produced a son.

She remarried years after the death of her husband but had difficulties having a child with her second husband, Mr. James after six years of marriage. The woman said her in-laws threatened to kick her out of the house due to her inability to give birth.

She told The Nation: “We had been married for more than six years but were still childless due to my husband’s fault, according to doctor’s report, and I was hearing from the grapevine that he was planning to take a second wife on the grounds that I could not give him a child.”

“Since he is not comfortable with us going for medical checkups on the assumption that nothing was wrong with him, I decided to convince my little son, who is just about 16 years old and schooling in Akwanga.

“I visited him regularly. He stays in a private apartment with my relatives, so I was going there to spend some time with them, especially on weekends when my market is off.

“It was actually difficult making love with my own son, but circumstances forced me to go into it. I needed to be sure of my fertility.

“I know my husband very well. If he discovered I had an affair with a man outside, he would kill me.

“I love him so much and I’m afraid of him, so this evil plan kept ringing in my mind to know how fertile I am.

“I tried to visit my son in Akwanga mostly when I was on my ovulation period. I decided to develop a crush on him and draw him very close to me. We got intimate and ended up having sex.

“One faithful day while I was on my ovulation period, I visited him. It was at about 11pm. I held his hand and made him sit beside me.

“I asked him if he had ever had sex and he said no. I held him in my arms. This time, I felt warm and I think he too did.

“After that night, I felt extremely embarrassed, and guilty that I committed such an abomination with my own son.

“It was actually a taboo, but I warned him to keep it secret.”