Controversy as fake army colonel allegedly kills police sergeant wife
Controversy has continued to trail the death of a police woman identified as Sergeant Remi attached to the Area G Command, Ogba, Lagos State.
Remi lived with her husband, Afolabi Farayola in Campbell, Agbado, in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State with Farayola’s two children whom he had before the marriage to Remi, in a newly rented mini-flat in the area.
The couple reportedly had a history of domestic violence, which partly led to their relocation from their former house.
Remi was said to have returned from work around 5pm on Saturday, January 20, and met Farayola and his elder son at home.
She reportedly sent the boy to refill a gas cylinder at a shop in the neighbourhood.
The boy returned and reportedly met her unconscious.
Farayola was said to have called his wife’s family members in Ekiti State and informed them of the death.
One of the deceased’s relatives was said to have reported a case against the husband at the Agbado Police Division and he was arrested.
A police source told our correspondent that the suspect’s first son told the police his father used to beat the deceased, but stopped after they moved to the new apartment.
The source said, “The case was reported to the police on January 27, a week after the incident happened, by the deceased’s uncle. He said the family suspected foul play on the grounds that there had been alleged incidents of assault on the woman by her husband.
“The husband denied ever beating his wife, but his son admitted that he used to beat her while they were living in their former house. They relocated to the community a few months ago.
A colleague of the deceased, who did not want her name in print, said Afolabi had been parading himself as a colonel, until his arrest.
“But enquiries from the Nigerian Army revealed that he was lying. He and Remi had been together for some years now. She was serving at the Area G Command.
“Her death was suspicious and painful. Something must have happened within the time the boy went to buy gas,” she added.
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigations.
