A housewife, Mrs. Onyinyechi Gift Ihaza, has been battered to death in Lagos, southwest Nigeria.
Circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder at her residence at 15,
Adams street, Adua Ijaiye, Ojokoro Local Council Development Area, were
still hazy at press time as her husband, Mr. Smart Ihaza, said he had
no hand in her death.
According to the husband of the deceased, on 7 March, 2013 at about
12.56 p.m. he spoke with his wife on her phone, saying on getting home
at about 5 p.m.
He met the door locked as usual and he called his wife on phone which rang severally but she did not pick the call.
Thereafter, he said he went and checked on her at her friend’s house
and he was told by her friend that they both came back from church a
while ago.
Narrating further, Ihaza said since he could not gain access into his apartment, he went and spent the night in a hotel.
He said that the following day, he called neighbours and a welder to
assist them cut the padlock of the entrance door and as soon as he
entered inside, he saw his wife with a broken head on the floor with
blood all over.
The matter was later reported at Ojokoro Police Station where the
case is being investigated. Police sources at Ojokoro Police Station are
of the opinion that the husband is not telling the police the truth.
Some residents said the deceased as an easy-going woman who minded her business and always assisted anyone in need.
"She was a nice woman who went about her business. She could go
hungry just to make sure someone else ate. Whoever killed her will never
know peace until he/she confesses," said Iya Bose, thje deceased
woman’s neighbour.
Another neighbour, Mary Oyebuchi, described her death as a great loss
to the community, saying Gift had touched so many lives in positive
ways.
"We have lost a great woman in this our community. She was someone
who put smiles on the faces of everyone around. We will all miss her in
this area," she said.
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