A female banker,Mrs. Adejoke Ayeola of Iperu Remo in Ogun State and her
lover, Mr. Wilson Ugwunna perished during lovemaking at Eziudo
community in Ezinihitte, Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State.
Wilson, 42, had two children while his lover, who was 44 years old, was a
mother of two children. She was said to have been married to a
traditional ruler in Ogun State.
According to
Sunday Trust,The
lovers had returned from Lagos on Saturday, April 26, 2014 and went to
bed, but were not seen throughout the following day, a development that
drew the attention of Wilson’s family members.
When the door to the room where the lovers slept was forced open,
Adejoke’s body had started decomposing while her lover was in deep coma.
Speaking to our reporter, indigenes of Eziudo community, who expressed
surprise at the incident, said they strongly believed it was caused by
magun, a Yoruba charm usually set against a woman suspected of illicit
affairs. The practice is common in Yorubaland.
The traditional ruler of Eziudo community, His Royal Majesty, Eze
Desmond Oguguo, who confirmed the incident during an exclusive interview
with our reporter in his palace, recalled that on Saturday, April 26,
Wilson, who claimed to have returned from Malaysia, brought a Yoruba
lady home from Lagos and introduced her as his future wife. This was
despite the fact that he already had a wife and two children who he
reportedly abandoned for at least three years. He described Wilson’s
action as grossly shameful.
“The way young people of these days behave is very embarrassing. They
don’t respect themselves, they don’t respect anybody, and they don’t
have the fear of God. They do whatever they like. They should be honest
to themselves and live honest lives. It is quite unfortunate.It was
learnt that Wilson’s children are currently staying with his mother in
Owerri, the Imo State capital. Such boy is uncontrollable. Even his
mother, who is in Owerri, has not visited home since the incident. If
the boy had good manners, his mother would have rushed home
Eze Oguguo said the matter was reported to the police who deposited the
woman’s corpse in the hospital mortuary while Wilson, who was still in
coma, was taken to the hospital for medical attention, but he later
died.
Also speaking to our reporter, a member of the community disclosed that
the lady’s husband came and took her corpse to Yorubaland.
“Her eyes were bulging out of the sockets, her face was swollen, while
her tongue was gushing out. She looked like a dragon,” he said, adding
that he could not bear the sight of the lady when her body was being
removed.
The late banker’s husband had reportedly said that the only condition
for Wilson to live was if he could walk to the mortuary to see the
woman’s corpse.
It was further gathered that the lady, who worked in a new generation
bank, had lied to her husband that she was attending a meeting in
Ibadan, the Oyo State capital while she went to Mbaise with her lover.
But the medical director of Obizie People Medical Centre, where Wilson
was rushed to for medical attention, Dr. Ohanyere Alex Chibuike, said
the rumour about magun was baseless. He said the real cause of their
deaths was the carbon monoxide they inhaled from a generating set
throughout the night, explaining that he conducted tests on the
deceased.
“I repeated the tests and there was nothing suggesting that any other damage was done to his body,’’
He, however, said that members of the deceased’s family were yet to pay the hospital bill and collect his corpse for burial.
The commissioner of police, Imo State command, Mr. Abdulmaheed Ali confirmed the incident.
