A family of five in
Temidire Community, Sabo, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun
State, on Friday died in mysterious circumstance in their room while
asleep.
On a visit to the home located at
Number 3 Ireti Akinbode Street, Friday, we gathered that the victims
include a father, mother, and three children Neighbours said Aliu
Adeoye, his second wife, identified as Iya Aliya, and their three
children slept in a room, where they all died before daybreak on
Friday.
Mr.
Adeoye’s first wife and her three children slept in another room within
the six-room bungalow, but suffered no ailment. However,a neighbour who
spoke to journalists expressed shock at the development.
He said some
of the neighbours perceived a pungent chemical odour from the building. Also,a retiree who
lived opposite the building said it was the wailing of the first wife
that woke members of the community before they found the corpses.
“It
was a noise that woke us up and we initially thought it was armed
robbery or probably from the mosque but when we listened very carefully,
we observed that it was like wailing and we rushed out to find so many
people in front of the house,” the retiree said, asking not to be
named.
“We
could not say what happened because there was no noise in the midnight
but we were told that it was the first wife that called people’s
attention, you know it is a polygamous family, the wives were always
fighting but what led to the death of the whole lineage is still a
surprise to me, I have never seen this in my life.
“Some people are
saying it was the fume from a generator, they
use generator but it is always at the side of the house, as you can see
the compound is not gated.
But one thing is that the wives are always
fighting, cursing each other, it has gotten to a stage that the
community leader had to intervene but all to no avail, there has never
been peace among them,” she said.
The neighbour told journalists that
the first wife whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of
this report later fainted and was rushed to a nearby maternity centre in
Sabo area where she was said to have been revived.
At the hospital, the situation took another dramatic dimension
as community members tried to lynch her after they blamed her for the
deaths.
The intervention of police officers from Ilupeju Divisional
Police Headquarters saved the situation as the woman was quickly moved
to an undisclosed hospital.
However, hours after the calamity, the whole
area was deserted and few residents seen on the street declined further
comments when approached by journalists.
They
directed newsmen and other journalists to the zonal leader of the
community who was the Arabic teacher of the deceased children.
The
community leader, Abubakar Olowoorioke, explained that they were in the
mosque in the early hours when a woman alerted them. He said they got to
the scene and found the dead bodies of the deceased.
He said he could
not move closer to the scene again following the shock, but added that
odour of chemicals could beperceived from inside the house.
“It was a
surprise to us when we got to the place but
what we observed was that there was an odour like an insecticide
chemical and we had to rush out, but someone told us that it could be
the fume from the generator,” he explained.
When contacted, the Ogun State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.
He said medical examination of
the corpses would reveal the cause of death. “The police found the body
of five people in the building this morning, the cause of the death is
yet unknown.
“We also heard an allegation that some people wanted to
lynch a step mother to the deceased and nearly set the building ablaze.
“We cannot ascertain the cause of the death for now, there are allegations here and there but the police will do what need
to be done, that is postmortem, that will tell us the cause of the
death.” Mr. Adejobi said the police “have heard several versions of the story”.
“Some said it was a carbon monoxide
from the generator, some said it was spiritual that the step mother
actually killed them, some even said she sprayed something in the room
but the medical practitioner, through postmortem will tell us the cause
of the death,” he said.
The spokesperson appealed to people concerned
not to embark on jungle justice, adding that the police will arrest
whoever violates the law.
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