By Baale Crushes Wife To Death With Jeep In Lekki
Chief Taibu Ogunbanjo is currently in Police custody after he was arrested for allegedly crushing his wife, Mrs ROtimi Ogunbanjo to death.
BlackBox Nigeria gathered that the Baale, who is the traditional ruler of Ise Town, Ibeju Lekki area of Lagos, also runs a block moulding factory in the community.
According to a report by a popular newspaper, the 3years marriage between the Baale and Mrs Rotimi has been fraught with misunderstanding and fights. But it got worse on Thursday, December 7th, 2017 when after a disagreement the wife stormed the Baale’s factory and damaged some blocks.
It was reported that while she was destroying the blocks, Taibu entered his jeep, a Toyota Highlander and drove out in anger and allegedly knocked down his wife in the process.
An eyewitness, who is also a Community Leader and simply identified himself as Akinsipe disclosed to the Press that Mrs ROtimi died on the spot and her corpse was immediately deposited at the Epe General Hospital, as the case was reported at the Akodo Police Station.
“Chief Taibu is the Baale of Ise Town. He and his wife had been having issues since they got married. I did not know what actually happened between them on that day, but I learnt that they had a disagreement in the morning,” Akinsipe said.
“She went to his block factory and destroyed some blocks arranged on the premises. He entered his vehicle angrily and he was driving out of the premises, the wife tried to stop him. He hot her and she died on the spot.”
A Police source disclosed that a relative of the Baale already stated that the incident was a result of an accident and the Police was already conducting investigation to unravel the real cause of the accident that led to the death of Mrs Rotimi.
