by Anike Jacobs
A police corporal, Lucky Ikharia, 34, attached to Makinde police station, Lagos, recently crushed the legs of his wife, Dupe and killed his own baby over a N2000 argument.
Dupe said she was then called by her mother to come to their family house in Mushin, adding that as she got on her way, and was at the Olorunshogo junction, a commercial bus swerved to her path and hit her several times.
“The commercial bus was his bus. He was the only man inside. He hit me and I fell. Then he reversed and came over my legs again. I lost consciousness. That was the last thing I knew.”
One of Dupe’s relatives, Mr. Segun Akiode, told Punch that the family had yet to inform Dupe of her son’s death. He added that the family also did not know Lucky’s whereabouts.
He said,
“I was called on the phone on Thursday evening that my sister was knocked down at Olorunshogo junction. When I got there, I met her in a pool of blood. So, we rushed her to a hospital. It was already around 9.30pm.
“On Friday, when we went to their apartment, we found the baby boy, stabbed in the belly and already dead on the floor. We have not told Dupe about his death yet. So, we went to report at the Akinpelu Police Division, and we were asked to describe the bus which hit Dupe. When we did, they said the bus was with them in the station, but the whereabouts of Lucky were still unknown.”
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