by S’ola Filani

Barely 24 hours after delivering a set of twins, a certain Mrs Titilayo Kola, was strangled to death allegedly by her husband in their apartment at No 23, Temidire Street, Ajowa area of Ado-Ekiti.

On murdering his wife, he (Mr. Kola) allegedly escaped with the twins and left his wife’s corpse and other four children in the house.

The landlady of the deceased, popularly known as Mama Aluko narrated the incident thus:

“Titilayo was delivered of a set of twins at midnight on August 7. I was with her to help with the children and other things. Her husband, who has not been living with her for some time now, also came around, while her mum too was also around.

“Around 8:30 in the evening, her mother told me she would be going for night vigil in her church. So, it was her husband, herself and their new twins that I left before I went to bed that night. This morning (August 9), I woke up planning whether to prepare Semovita or fufu for Titilayo. It was around that time somebody came to inform me that they couldn’t wake Titilayo up and that her husband and the twins had disappeared.” she said.

The Ekiti State’s Police spokesperson, Victor Babayemi, confirmed the report saying “It is a case of homicide and child stealing. The deceased was found dead on the bed in quite a suspicious circumstance, and the prime suspect is the husband of the woman who we haven’t seen. So, we have a case of homicide and child stealing on our hands and we have commenced investigation.”

Sola