Man Beats Wife To Death, Abandons Corpse

CYRIACUS IZUEKWE

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 28-year old man, Kazeem Yusuf, after he beat his 26-year old wife to death, went to the Police Station and lied that his wife had accident and died in the process.

P.M.EXPRESS gathered when the Police investigated his claim and discovered that the woman had several marks on her body, Yusuf sneaked out and went into hiding abandoning the corpse to the Police.
The deceased corpse was deposited at the mortuary while Police intensified efforts and eventually arrested Yusuf.

This was confirmed by the Police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in Abeokuta, the state capital on Wednesday. He said the suspect has been on the run since 3rd September and was apprehended on 14th October by the Policemen at Enugada Divisional Headquarters in Abeokuta.

Abimbola explained that on September 3rd, when the incident happened, the suspect ran to the station and reported that his wife collapsed while going to fetch water and gave up the ghost.
Abimbola said, “Upon his report, DPO Enugada Division, SP Baba Hamzat, detailed his detectives to the scene. But on close observation of the corpse, the detectives noticed marks of violence, which aroused their suspicion that the victim might not have died of natural cause”.
“While the detectives were searching for more evidences, the suspect sneaked out and took to his heels” he added.
The corpse was said to have subsequently been taken to General Hospital Ijaiye mortuary while a massive manhunt was launched for the fleeing killer husband.
Adeyemi stressed, “The manhunt yielded positive result on the 14th October, 2019, when his hideout at Itori was discovered and he was promptly arrested”.
He has since made a confessional statement that he beat up his wife over a minor disagreement and that the deceased collapsed in the process and gave up the ghost. He further confessed that it was not the first time of beating the woman but he did not know that the beating would result to her untimely death.
P.M.EXPRESS gathered that the corpse of the deceased, a mother of one, has been buried by her relations according to Islamic rites.
Meanwhile, the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama, has ordered the transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for investigation and prosecution.