Husband allegedly poisons wife for being barren

AKURE —THE Police in Ondo State have
arrested a 47-year-old bricklayer,
Damilare Olotu, for allegedly poisoning his
wife, Mary, for being barren.
The 45-year-old Mary who hailed from
Kwara State was a trader and had been
having running battle with the suspect
over her inability to conceive.
Reports had it that following the
condition of the deceased the suspect
married a second wife, Kemi, from Igbara
Oke area of the state who bore him two
children.
The suspect who is from Akure used to
live with the deceased in Ibuji, Ifedore
council area of the state.
It was alleged that the second wife
reportedly insisted on packing into the
suspect's house but the deceased
resisted.
The junior brother to the deceased, Mr.
Lawrence Omotosho, told newsmen that
the suspect and the second wife connived
to poison his sister.
According to him, the sister had told him
that the suspect had threatened to kill
her. Omotosho asked the police to
investigate the matter thoroughly and
bring the culprit to book.
Also the only child of the deceased from
her former marriage, Shola Olatunji who is
an undergraduate in Kogi State said the
family of her late mother warned her not
to re-marry but she refused.
Contacted, the police image maker, Wole
Ogodo, said investigation into Mary's
death ws on-going, noting that the case
has been transfered from Igbara Oke to
the headquarters in Akure for further
investigation.
Meanwhile, the corpse of the deceased
has been deposited in mortuary for
autopsy.