The couple’s rented apartment. |
Residents of Adefowope Street, off Beach
Road, Etegbin, in the Otto Awori Local Council Development Area of Lagos
are divided over the reasons that could have made a woman to push her
husband from the balcony of a one-storey building on Valentine’s Day.
It was gathered that the incident, which
happened in the community, had left neighbours and residents at loss
over what might have actually transpired.
It was learnt that the woman, identified
as Onyinyechi, in anger pushed her husband, George, from the storey
building, leading to the husband’s death.
While some residents claimed that
Onyinyechi, who was a teacher in a private school in the area, was angry
that her husband did not give her a Valentine’s treat on a day when
most lovers made out time to celebrate each other, other residents said
the couple was quarrelling over a monetary issue before the incident.
A
man, who claimed to be a close friend of the deceased, however,
insisted that the cause of the couple’s misunderstanding bordered on
plans for Valentine’s Day.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity,
he said, “George returned home in the evening of Valentine’s Day, a time
the wife felt was already too late to go for an outing. She got angry
and it resulted in a fight.”
Another source, who also claimed to have a
close relationship with the family, however, said the cause of the
fight was monetary issue.
He said, “A family friend had given
George money to give to his wife as gift for their newborn baby. George
did not only keep the money to himself, he also did not tell his wife
about it. Onyinyechi later met the man, who asked her if she got the
gift he sent through her husband. She was not only surprised, but
furious that George could keep such a thing from her. It was in the
process of asking him about it on the evening of Valentine’s Day that
the fight started.”
A neighbour, who also spoke to our
correspondent on the condition of anonymity, explained that the incident
happened around 4pm on Valentine’s Day.
She said, “On Saturday, at about 4pm, my
daughter rushed inside my apartment where I was sleeping to wake me up
that Iyawo (Onyinyechi) and her husband were fighting upstairs.
“As she was still explaining to me, I
heard a sound of something falling. I rushed out only to discover that
it was my neighbour, George. I started screaming for help and other
neighbours rushed in to assist me. We got a tricycle and rushed him to a
hospital.
“The wife, however, remained upstairs in
her apartment. She didn’t bother to come down to assist us, despite the
fact that her seven-month-old daughter was downstairs playing with my
children. George was certified dead at the hospital and we couldn’t take
him to the mortuary without his family’s consent, so, we brought him
back home and called his family members.”
Another neighbour, who identified herself
as Mama Ifeoma, who was part of the people that took George to the
hospital, said the doctor discovered a cut in his head.
She said the doctor explained that the injury could be as a result of an object that must have been used to hit him on the head.
She said, “The doctor told us that George must have been dead before he was pushed down from the balcony.”
When our correspondent sought
Onyinyechi’s comment on the issue, it was discovered that she had
traveled to her home town in Nnewi, Anambra State with her daughter.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations
Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, has yet to respond to enquiries on the
incident as of the time of this report.
Evil spirit. Ezenwanyi ndi ibo
ReplyDeleteWhy kill a man? Please if you are tired of the marriage leave him in peace and alive than killing him. Women are mean. Styl Plus
ReplyDeleteD man na Romeo but d wife refused to be Juliet
ReplyDeleteThis wan no be matter of run.....oya woman go answer query and serve jail term. Chidodo
ReplyDeleteThis Onyinyechi and Mrs o na same character, very mannerless ladies. Ezenwanyi ndi ibo
ReplyDeleteEzenweanyi onye ara nkwo ogbor, nobi ur anambra n ur village d woman come from. She is ur photocopy. U will soon kill DAT ur elo!!!!! Ada go soon post am here. Mrs O
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