MICHAEL AKINOLA
A woman, Mrs. Gift Monday, has landed in trouble in Ogun State after her husband, Monday Lateef, reportedly committed suicide by drinking the popular insecticide known as Sniper in Abeokuta area of the State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that Police operatives from the Ogun State Command have arrested Mrs. Gift Monday and detained her for interrogation over the death of her husband.
The late husband, Lateef, died later in the hospital and was buried at his family house in Abule Otun Lafenwa, Abeokuta, according to Islamic burial rites after he drank the poisonous substance suspected to be ‘Sniper’.
The deceased was said to have been found by his wife, Gift Monday, rolling on the floor writhing in severe pain while he was pointing to a bottle on the floor.
The deceased was reportedly rushed to Royal Grace Hospital at Soyoye Rounder, Abeokuta, for medical care but was later moved to the General Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, after it was discovered that his health continued to deteriorate.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident and the arrest of the deseased wife undergoing interrogation over the incident.
She stated that investigation and interrogation were ongoing, and that the deceased’s wife was in their custody in connection with the case.
She said, “On 24th April, 2024, at about 08.00 hrs, one Funmilayo Lateef, ‘F’, of Abule Otun reported at the station that she received a phone call from one Gift Monday, ‘F’, her brother’s wife, that her brother now deceased, Opeyemi Lateef ‘M’, drank Sniper”.
“He was rushed to Royal Grace Hospital at Soyoye Rounder, Abeokuta, for medical treatment. On getting to the hospital, she found her brother admitted, and he was not responding to treatment; his condition was critical.”
“Hence, the doctor referred him to the General Hospital Ijaye at Abeokuta. She stated further that it was at the General Hospital in Ijaye, Abeokuta, that he was confirmed dead. His corpse was brought home according to Islamic rites to Abule Otun at Lafenwa, Abeokuta, their family house.”
SP Odutola stated that the investigation and interrogation had started, as three witnesses had made statements about the deceased, pointing to the Sniper bottle when asked what was wrong with him and when they saw him in pain.