The household of a three-month-old pregnant mom of six, Deborah Fawolere, who died within the early hours of Tuesday at Gbagada Common Hospital, have accused the person of getting a hand within the loss of life of his spouse.
PUNCH Metro discovered from the deceased girl's sister, Toluwalase Adedoyin, that at no level of their relationship did the husband, Idowu Fawolere, resist the urge to bodily assault the lady, even when she was carrying his seventh little one.
Though the husband denied the accusation throughout an interview with PUNCH Metro that he had by no means bodily assaulted his spouse, Adedoyin alleged that her late sister had left Fawolere's dwelling at numerous occasions previously resulting from abuse and violence.
Adedoyin mentioned, “My youthful sister handed away this morning. The person had hit her earlier than she died at the moment. He typically beat her up. We consider the bodily assault might have broken her well being, given her situation. She had had six youngsters for this man. This was her seventh being pregnant earlier than she died. She died throughout being pregnant.
“Yesterday (Monday), my late sister advised certainly one of our sisters that her husband and his elder brother had been beating her up. She claimed that she had no peace of thoughts in the home and that they had been each making her life depressing. That she might now not stroll.
“Earlier than she made her criticism yesterday (Tuesday), there had been a number of complaints that the beating was an excessive amount of. I advised my mother and father to take her out of the home. However each time she left her husband, she got here again the second day.”
Whereas responding to the allegation in a phone interview with PUNCH Metro On Tuesday, the husband, Fawolere, described the claims as “made up tales,” noting that his late spouse fed her household lies.
He mentioned: “It's not true. I used to be the one who took her to the hospital. She wasn't feeling effectively. After we took her to a personal hospital, they had been those who took us to the overall hospital. I didn't beat her. The one difficulty that introduced us to the police station earlier than was between her and my mom. She fought my mom and my youthful siblings. And this wasn't even when she was pregnant.
“I wasn't dwelling on the time after they fought. I advised my mom on the time that she couldn't ship my spouse away as a result of she had youngsters for me. My brother didn't contact her in any respect. In reality, it was my brother and I who took her to the hospital when she began feeling unwell.
“Regardless of the way in which she insulted my brother, he nonetheless adopted us to the hospital. Persons are saying all this stuff simply due to the matter that got here up between us way back.”
Converse with PUNCH Metrothe Divisional Police Officer, Oworonsoki, Bello Taofeek, confirmed to our correspondent that the matter had been reported to the division.
He mentioned: “Sure, it has been reported. We have now requested the investigating police officer to go to the hospitals. We have now but to see the person. We requested them to convey the person.”
The State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, was not accessible for remark on the time of submitting this report.
In the meantime, the spokesperson of the Lagos State Home and Sexual Violence Company, Joke Ladenegan-Oginni, mentioned the company was but to obtain info on the matter, whereas urging the household to report the matter.
She mentioned: 'There may be little we are able to do for those who don't report it. If folks don't report violent incidents, how would the company know? If folks don't report this, it is going to be tough for us to seek out out. We have now toll-free strains that folks can name in the event that they see a majority of these incidents.”
That is the second incident of home violence reportedly resulting in the loss of life of one of many companions in lower than a month within the state.
In December 2023, a husband allegedly killed his spouse in Olota space of Alimosho Native Authorities Space as a result of she did not cook dinner his meal.
The suspect allegedly left the deceased within the dwelling after hitting her on the highest of the pinnacle with a suspected heavy object and beating her to a pulp.
