LAGOS JUNE 10TH (URHOBOTODAY)-A man Jafaru Sougie alleged to have killed his wife was reported to have died in a police hospital Ikeja, Lagos State on Friday morning.
Urhobotoday reliably learnt that the 45 years old man who was accused of killing his wife, Rose, at the Oshodi area of Lagos died of the poison he ingested on the day he killed his wife.
He was said to have been on admission at the Police hospital, where he has been on admission since May 26.
Police officer who do not want his names on print reliably informed Urhobotoday that , “After he allegedly slit his wife’s throat, he was alleged to have drank some poisonous substance in an attempt to commit suicide.
“After his suicide attempt failed, the police was said to have questioned his mental state, as he never recovered from the substance he ingested.”
Our source further revealed that on the day he alleged to have killed his wife, he was found vomiting in the bathroom of their room and parlour apartment at about 4am by their son, Richmond, adding it was the same son who ran into his parent’s room to inform his mother of her husband’s condition, but found her corpse and then raised alarm.
Foremost activist and President Women Arise Initiative, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, who has been following the case from the word go, was one of the first to announce the death of Sougie.
In a Facebook post on her wall where she showed the body of the deceased, she wrote, “Jafaru Sougie, the man suspected of murder of his wife in Oshodi is dead. This is terrible! #StopDomesticViolence.
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) who confirmed his death said the deceased never recovered from the poison he took after he killed his wife.
She said, “I confirm that the man died this morning at the hospital. He has been on admission since then. He did not recover from the poisonous substance he took.
“He was also not taking his medications. All attempt to rescue him so that investigations can be conducted failed.”