There is nothing to describe what Busayo Olafare is going through at the moment as she languishes in the custody of the Department of Criminal Investigation of the Lagos State Police Command, one week after the suspected suicide of her pharmacist husband, Paul.
Paul was found dead in their Oworonsoki, Lagos home on Sunday, April 12, 2015. His death was initially suspected to have been suicide because a container of a popular rat poison, called ‘Sniper’ was found beside him.
However, his late husband’s relation told the police that his wife might have poisoned him and made it look like suicide.
In a statement made at the DCI by a relation of the deceased, Busayo was found packing her belongings out of their house shortly after her husband’s body was discovered, which was why they suspected that she might be attempting to run away.
But Busayo, in her statement to the police, explained that right from when she first met her husband, her family and that of Paul’s have not been in good terms. “I was in the bathroom that evening when he drank the poison called Sniper. I came out of the bathroom and saw him holding the bottle and quickly snatched it away from him, but he said he had already drunk the poison,” she told the police. “I know my husband owes a lot of money. It is at least N1m.That is the only reason my husband can kill himself. He has been very depressed because of the money he owes.” Busayo, who got married to Paul in 2011 and had a son with him, said she had cried and wailed as she assured her in-laws that she had no reason to kill her husband but they still did not believe her.
When PUNCH's correspondent visited the DCI, some family members of Busayo, who were angry about the continued detention of the widow, said instead of allowing her to mourn, they have subjected her to more punishment.
A relation, Mr. Soyemi, who identified himself as uncle of the suspect, said he would be releasing a statement on their side of the story. The investigators at the DCI said an autopsy would soon be carried out on the deceased’s body.
A source close to the investigation said that at the moment, there was no reason to release Busayo and rule the deceased’s death as suicide. “The wife is still the prime suspect for now,” the source said. Paul graduated from University of Lagos in 2006 and was described by friends on his Facebook wall as a youth leader in a white garment church in Lagos.Busayo is also a graduate of UNILAG.
At the time of filing this report, the spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Kenneth Nwosu, had not been reachable for comment as calls placed to him indicated his phone was switched off.
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Posted: at 18-04-2015 07:52 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
FeyiKunwa at 18-04-2015 02:24 PM (9 years ago) (m)
Being the Prime Suspect does not give the Police any right to detain that woman. This woman should be allowed to go home pending outcome of unbiased investigation. How can she force poison down the throat of a strong and grown man.
Posted: at 18-04-2015 02:24 PM (9 years ago) | Newbie
From my point of view ,i don,t think this woman killed her husband because she don,t have a reason to,because ,how can a woman kill her her husband that own a lot of dept and also the father of her only son,and live with such a terrible guilt all her life? it dosn,t make senseI Think the family of the man are finding it difficult to accept that their son commited sucide,because in the african culture its a shameful act, That is why they are making it up on the woman so that they will be free of the guilt that they were not there to support their DEPESSED SON when he needed them.
Posted: at 18-04-2015 04:52 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Was the money owing by the deceased $1 million or N1 million . either way its now worth comming suicide for . Peanuts for a pharmicist with a potenntial bright future with such a beautiful wife as a helper Its unfortunate .
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Posted: at 19-04-2015 12:20 PM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
From my point of view ,i don,t think this woman killed her husband because she don,t have a reason to,because ,how can a woman kill her her husband that own a lot of dept and also the father of her only son,and live with such a terrible guilt all her life? it dosn,t make senseI Think the family of the man are finding it difficult to accept that their son commited sucide,because in the african culture its a shameful act, That is why they are making it up on the woman so that they will be free of the guilt that they were not there to support their DEPESSED SON when he needed them.
Bro. is like you did not follow this story from the beginning, if you did, you will not say what you are saying right now. Well for your information, i work with a private detective, i want to assure you that for the fact that she was caught packing her belongings, police has every right to detain her pending how long the investigation will last. Remember from the first episode, she is having extra marital affairs with a guy that lives in Europe and her parents are doing everything to convince her to divorce her husband and marry this guy from UK
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Posted: at 19-04-2015 12:27 PM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
I did't get the first episode of the story as mentioned in one of the comments. I, however, believe the Nigerian police is very incompetent. If an immediate autopsy had been carried out, it would have been easy to determine if it was suicide or murder. If it is murder, the poison would have been mixed in food since she can't force him to drink it
Posted: at 20-04-2015 11:54 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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