Lagos: Naval officer arrested for allegedly beating wife to death
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a Naval officer, Omojoye Ayodele for allegedly killing his wife, Mary Egbailo.
Ayodele, 30, allegedly beat Mary to death following an argument at their house on Eze Anthony Street, in the Igando, Alimosho area of Lagos.
Mary, 29, was said to have been away from the house since Sunday, preferring to stay at a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the area, until her husband went to bring her home on Tuesday.
It was then the couple reportedly engaged in a heated argument, resulting in Ayodele pummeling his wife till she became weak and died.
The couple’s landlady claimed Ayodele threw Mary in the gutter at some point during the beating.
“I begged her to wait outside till her husband calm down, but she said she wanted him to kill her,” the landlady said.
She explained that the victim entered the house again and was beaten up until she became weak.
“She could not walk, so I decided to take her to a hospital. But nobody was willing to help me. If we had a vehicle on time, we would have probably saved her life. We were in front of my shop for about one hour, without any help.
“She was still talking to me before she passed out. The last request she made was that she needed palm oil,” she said.
Mary was rushed to El Dunamis Hospital, where she was confirmed dead.
Ayodele, an officer attached to Western Naval Command, Apapa, reportedly claimed Mary took Sniper insecticide.
The deceased’s corpse had been deposited in a mortuary for autopsy, Lagos Police PRO, Dolapo Badmos, confirmed.
