Naval Officer Allegedly Beats Wife to Death in Lagos

A Naval officer, Omojoye Ayodele, has been arrested by the Police for allegedly killing his wife Mary Egbailo. The incident is said to have taken place in their home at Igando, Lagos.

Punch, reports that the suspect, a 30-year-old officer, and his 29-year-old wife had a heated argument which led to him  brutally beating her till she became weak and motionless. She was immediately rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead.

A staff of the hospital, who spoke on condition of anonymity said that her husband claimed she swallowed insecticide. He said:

“She was brought around 11.30am in a tricycle. A man, who wore military uniform and claimed to be her husband was screaming that she took Sniper insecticide.

Doctors went to check her in the tricycle and it was discovered that she was dead. We immediately asked that she should be transferred to a general hospital. The husband was shouting to the hearing of everybody that she took Sniper.”

The Landlady of the home, where the couple resides refuted the claim of Egbailo taking insecticide, adding that she did not seem depressed the last time she was seen. She alleged that it was a case of domestic violence.

“The man complained that for the past three days, his wife had been away from the house and gone to a church. Around 10am on Tuesday, both of them entered into the house. I guess he had just gone to pick her from church.

It was not up to three minutes that I started hearing noise. I went to their apartment and asked the man what the problem was, but he pushed me away and kept hitting her. He dragged her on the floor, among other things.

I begged her to wait outside till her husband calms down, but she said she wanted him to kill her”

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A spokesperson for the Western Naval Command, Apapa,  Chinwe Umar, said the victim committed  suicide.

“From the information available to me, the woman in question allegedly drank Sniper,” she said.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, said an autopsy will be carried out on the corpse.

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