Father Of Two Arrested By Police For Allegedly Beating Wife To Death In Lagos

Lagos-based man identified as Sunday has been taken into custody by the state Police Command for allegedly beating his wife, Habibat Bakare, to death in the Ipaja area of the state.

PUNCH Metro gathered in a telephone conversation with the victim’s brother, Lookman Bakare, on Monday, that the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday.

According to Bakare, the victim had suffered domestic violence from her husband on several occasions before she eventually succumbed to death.

He added that on the said date, he was at the bus stop in the early hours of the day when he saw the victim and her husband ride past him on a bike in a suspicious manner.

He said about an hour after they had driven past, he received a call from someone informing him of his sister’s death.

Bakare narrated, “I was waiting for a friend with whom we were to attend a party at the bus stop on Saturday at about 5:15 am when I saw Habibat and her husband drive by on a motorcycle with Habibat lying on his back.

“About one hour later, I received a call to come over that Habibat was dead. I was surprised, and on getting there, I met the dead body of my sister. I asked the husband if I did not see him and his wife drive past me that morning, and he acknowledged it to be true.

“I also asked him why the clothes Habibat was wearing changed within the one hour that I saw them but he could not say anything. Those who took her body to the mortuary said they saw bruises on her leg.”

Another member of the family who does not want to be mentioned in print told our correspondent in a telephone conversation that the husband had attempted to dump his wife’s corpse with the family when he was apprehended.

The family member said that the mother of two had, on several occasions, been beaten by her husband.

“The husband attempted to drop her body with the family when he was caught and handed over to the police.

“He had repeatedly beaten her before the last one that led to her death,” the family source said.

When contacted in a telephone conversation on Monday, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident.

He confirmed that the suspect had been arrested and an investigation had begun into the matter.

“The suspect is in our custody and the case is now being handled by the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, Yaba,” the PPRO said.