been arrested by the State Department for
Criminal Investigation, Yaba, Lagos, for his
alleged involvement in the death of his wife, 23
year old Priscillia Ajimowu. The couple lived with
their children in Festac, Lagos before the wife's
demise.
The police think that Ajimowu either slammed his
wife's head on the floor, or the mother of two
poisoned herself due to frustrations in her
marriage.
Ajimowu claims that he had locked his wife in her
room on November 29, seized her phone and
went out with their two children, after they
arrived from their outing, he reportedly met his
wife foaming in the mouth.
His wife who was a nurse had asked to be taken
to the hospital, but he allegedly refused, instead
he gave her palm oil and recorded her with his
phone for about 40 minutes until she died.
It was gathered that prior to her death, Ajimowu
had battered and subjected the deceased to
inhuman treatment throughout the four years
they spent in South Africa.
They decided to relocate to Nigeria.
Ajimowu arrived four months ago while the wife
arrived on November 27, two days before her
death.
It was gathered that Ajimowu had put their
house for sale shortly after the wife's death.
The couple's oldest child, seven-year-old
Ella, said that there was a pesticide and a drink
in the room where her mother was on the fateful
day, adding that her father was "not nice to my
mother" while they were in South Africa.
She said:
"Dad used to shout at mummy and beat
her and she would be crying. That day we
left her alone in the house. Daddy took the
keys and mummy's phone and locked
mummy inside.
"When we came back home, daddy
parked outside, locked us inside the car
and went inside. After that, he called us to
'come, come and see your mummy on the
floor'. Mummy was saying, 'Take me to
hospital, I'm tired'. He started videoing
her. He gave her red oil, but she spat it
out. Her body was cold."
The deceased's mother, Mrs. Stella Ayobo, said
her daughter had planned to visit her on the
fateful day, but had cancelled the visit.
She added that Priscillia had not been happy
throughout her 7 year marriage to Ajimowu . She
added that Oluchi had shortly after his wife's
death reported at the Aguda Police Division,
saying a friend took poison and died in his house.
She said:
"Four years ago, they went to South
Africa. She always called me to report how
Oluchi maltreated her.
"She came back to Nigeria on November
27. She visited me on November 28 and
promised to visit me again the following
day, being a Sunday. But that day, around
8am, she called me that she would not be
able to come again and promised to come
with her children on Friday.
"Around 8pm that Sunday, her husband
called me that she had been vomiting
since morning and I told him to take her
to the nearest hospital. He later called me
and said it was a poison she took. I told
him to bring her. By the time he brought
her, she was dead. We took her to a
hospital and the doctor said she had died.
"He went to the Aguda Police Station to
report that a girl visited him from South
Africa, took poison and died in his house."
The mother urged the police to investigate the
matter in order to give justice to the family.
Priscillia's older sister, Mrs. Emenike Dorcas, said
Ajimowu had convinced her sister to come to
Nigeria under the pretext that he would open a
chemist's shop for her.
She added:
"I reported the incident to the police at
Satellite Town and Aguda divisions.
Policemen at Aguda were surprised when
they eventually knew the truth of the
matter,".
Priscilla's uncle, Francis Ayobo, said the suspect
was not remorseful after his wife's death.
He said:
"It is so surprising that the wife was dying
and the husband started videoing her. The
videos were more than 40 minutes. He
sent it to Priscillia's sister in South Africa.
By that time he would have rushed her to
a hospital for treatment.
"I noticed that about three other guys
were in the background of one of the
video because somebody was giving her
water and she was foaming in the mouth.
Those things should be questioned. He
was handed over to SDCI on Wednesday."
The Lagos State Police spokesperson, DSP Joe
Offor, said the Aguda Police Station arrested the
husband and have handed him over to the
Satellite Town Police Division.
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