The woman's lifeless body was found, Monday, in her
apartment in Ikorodu area of Lagos.
This arose from indications that the mother of two, Mrs
Ibironke Sanni, may have been strangled to death, against
claims that she committed suicide.
But Policemen at Igbogbo division in Ikorodu were,
yesterday, yet to ascertain the exact cause of the death of the
31-year-old woman.
The deceased's father, according to information at Vanguard's
disposal, received a call at about 7.30 am , Monday, that his
daughter had died, after allegedly taking a drink of Sniper, a
brand of insecticide.
But a member of the deceased's family who spoke to
Vanguard on condition of anonymity said the claim was
untrue.
According to the family member, "This is because we feel
there is more to her death than what we were told.
'We were informed that our daughter was rushed to the
Ikorodu General Hospital where she was certified dead on
Monday.
"Her in-laws were advised by doctors at the hospital to go
and report the incident at the nearest police station. Rather
than heed the advice, they took the body back home, locked
the door and left.
"We visited our late daughter's home at Beach Close, Ita
Elewa in Ikorodu, where we met the father-in-law, our
daughter's husband, Sanni Ajibola Yusuf and other members
of his family. We asked what steps they had taken only to be
informed that they had contacted the Area Commander on
phone.
"Our family pointed out that the issue at hand was more than
mere calling the police on phone. That was when the father-
in-law and some members of our family went to Igbogbo
division to report the incident.
Deceased's family raises suspicion At the police station, father-in-law to the deceased, Alhaji M.K Sanni, who is chairman, Neighborhood Watch, was said to have requested the Police to issue a report that would enable them bury her daughter-in-law.
But the deceased's family was said to have kicked against it,
noting: "We insisted that an autopsy be carried out on her to
ascertain the cause of her death before she could be buried.
"These are our reasons: first, we found out that there were
finger marks around the late Ibironke's neck and suspected
she could have been strangled to death.
"Secondly, the Sniper insecticide container her husband's
people said she took was found inside the trash bin in the
kitchen while her body was found in the bed room. If indeed
she took it, she would have left it close to where her body was
found. There was also no drop of it around where her body
was found.
"Thirdly, we were made to understand that the late Ibironke
sent her husband a text message. But neither of her two
phones were found when the police conducted a search round
the house.
"Even when we suggested that the case be properly
investigated by the Police, her in-laws kicked against it,
threatening that we would regret our action, since we decided
to bring such a disgraceful action to the public knowledge."
Policemen from Igbogbo division were reportedly drafted to
Abike Jokogbola Sholebo estate in Oga, Ikorodu, Tuesday,
from where the corpse was removed and deposited at the
Ikorodu General Hospital morgue.
Police sources hinted that the deceased's telephones were later
brought by her father-in-law. Although Police sources could
not state categorically whether it was a case of suicide or
assassination but assured that it would be ascertained at the
end of investigation.
"We have taken some extracts which will help us in our
investigation," Police sources hinted, adding, however, that
they were awaiting response from the deceased's family as to
whether or not to carry on with the investigation.
Meanwhile, Vanguard reliably gathered that before her death,
the late Ibironke who hailed from Agbowa Ikosi Local
Council Development Area, LCDA, of Lagos, informed her
family that her husband had put another woman in a family
way who recently put to bed in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
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