Tragedy in Ogun as Man Beats Mother-In-Law to Death for Mediating in Domestic Squabble with Wife

A 28-year-old man in Ogun State,  Opeyemi Ganiyu is telling the police all he knows about the death of his mother-in-law, Abosede Oyewole.

Angry Ganiyu who is accused to be a member of notorious cult group in the area and was also one of those who led hoodlums to burn down Atan Ota police division during the EndSARS protest, and killed the divisional crime officer on October 21. is reported to have clubbed and stabbed the woman to death in Attan, Otta area of the Gateway state.

Accordinhg to [police report, Ganiyu stabbed the deceased Madam  Oyewole in the belly for mediating in a domestic squabble  between him and his wife, who has also been reduced to a punching bag in the house.

It was gathered that the wife’s mother, Oyewole, had gone to the couple’s house to mediate in their quarrel when the man beat her up and also stabbed her to death.

The police in a release stated that the man also beat up and inflicted injuries on his wife, before descending on the mother-in-law.

The police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said: “The suspect was arrested following a report made at Atan Ota divisional headquarters by one Odunayo Mathew, who reported that the suspect, who is married to the daughter of the deceased, is fond of beating his wife on slight provocation.

“On the fateful day, the suspect, as usual, beat up his wife and inflicted injuries on her, and that is the reason why the deceased went to meet him in order to warn him to desist from beating her daughter.

“On sighting the deceased in his house, the suspect descended heavily on her, beat her mercilessly before stabbing her in the ribs with a knife.

“The deceased was rushed to an hospital for treatment, but gave up the ghost in the process. Having heard that the victim has died, the suspect took to flight. The police at Atan Ota embarked on intelligence based investigation, which led them to his hideout in Ikorodu Lagos state where he was eventually apprehended.”