What could’ve led to a man beating his hard-earned wife to the grave? Is still the question on the lips of many residents of No. 2, Olushola Close, Abule Taylor, Abule Egba, a sruburb of Lagos.
The people are still wondering aimlessly on why one Mr. Peter Odion, a native Ishan in Edo State could allegedly beat his wife, Mrs. Ifeoma Ohalele Odion to death for eating the food he cooked.
Unraveling the genesis of the fight-turned-death, Chiweiko Ohalele, sister of the deceased who lives with them before the luciferious incident disclosed: “I was in my village meeting on Sunday afternoon when one of our neighbours called me on phone to meet them at a hospital at Abule Egba over my sister’s condition.
“When I got there, I met my sister in an unconscious state with blood dripping from her head and face. In fact, she could not neither talk nor recognise me.
“I begged the doctor on duty to transfer her to the General Hospital at Ilepo because her condition was very bad. And he obliged.
“But before she could be attended to at the General Hospital, my sister died.
“When I confronted her husband, Peter Odion, who was also in the hospital on what transpired between him and my sister, he said he fought my sister for trying to eat the eba he made for himself.”
According to Mr. Peter, the ‘domestic war’ broke out when they both returned from the church service and he told his wife to prepare eba for him and her daughter, but she refused, claiming she had headache.
Voracious Mr. Peter who would no longer wait for her went and prepared the eba. For daring to eat from the food he laboured to prepare, he pounced on her and Mr. Peter in the process allegedly pushed his wife (Ifeoma) and she hit her head on a hard object inside the room and fainted. She was rushed to the hospital, but she eventually gave up the ghost.
“I did not intend to kill her because we have not had any disagreement before the tragic incident happened. “I pray that God would forgive me,” Peter told his in law regretfully.
However, the Police arrested him when doctor confirmed her dead, and he was taken to the Oke Odo Police Division, Ilepo, Abule Egba, Lagos, after which he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba for further interrogation.
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