Man, 45, arrested for beating wife to death

Etim Ekpimah

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 45-year-old man, Segun Omotosho Ebenezer for beating his wife, Omotoshop Olubukola to death.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said Segun was arrested on Sunday, 20 November 2022.

According to him, the arrest followed a complaint lodged at Kemta divisional headquarters on 14 November 2022 by the elder sister of the deceased, who reported that the deceased was beaten and seriously injured by her husband over a minor disagreement.

“The deceased was subsequently rushed to Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba Abeokuta, by the suspect for medical attention, but gave up the ghost while receiving treatment.

“Unknown to the husband, the deceased had sent a voice note to her family members, informing them that her husband has used a padlock to hit her on the head while beating her, and that if she died, they should be aware that it was her husband that killed her.

“As soon as the voice note was played to his hearing, the husband took to his heels having realized that his evil deed had been exposed.

“Upon the report and the recording evidence, the DPO Kemta division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, detailed his detectives to go after the killer husband and fish him out from wherever he might be.

“He was subsequently traced to Akinseku village Abeokuta where he has been hibernating, and was promptly apprehended,” Oyeyemi said.

He noted that preliminary investigation revealed that their frequent quarrel was caused by the deceased building a private school in the name of herself and the husband, but the husband who is a carpenter had wanted to take over the control of the school which the deceased who was an NCE graduate refused.

Oyeyemi said: “This has been the reason while the suspect has always been beating the deceased, until the fateful day when he used the iron padlock to hit her on the head, which eventually led to her death.”

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole, has directed that the suspect be transferred to Homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation Departments for further investigation and diligent prosecution.