Husband arrested for watching and
recording his dying wife without
offering help
A 29-year-old businessman, Oluchi
Ajimowu, has been arrested by the State
Department for Criminal Investigation, Yaba,
Lagos, for his alleged involvement in the
death of his wife, 23 year old Priscillia
Ajimowu. The couple lived with their
children in Festac, Lagos before the wife's
demise.
The police think that Ajimowu
either slammed his wife’s head on the floor,
or the mother of two poisoned herself due
to frustrations in her marriage.
Ajimowu claims that he had locked his
wife in her room on November 29, seized
her phone and went out with their two
children, after they arrived from their
outing, he reportedly met his wife foaming
in the mouth.
His wife who was a nurse had asked to be
taken to the hospital, but he allegedly
refused, instead he gave her palm
oil and recorded her with his phone for
about 40 minutes until she died.
It was gathered that prior to her
death, Ajimowu had battered and subjected
the deceased to inhuman
treatment throughout the four years they
spent in South Africa.
They decided to relocate to Nigeria.
Ajimowu arrived four months ago while the
wife arrived on November 27, two days
before her death.
It was gathered that Ajimowu had put their
house for sale shortly after the wife’s death.
The couple’s oldest child, seven-year-old
Ella, said that there was a pesticide and a
drink in the room where her mother was
on the fateful day, adding that her father
was “not nice to my mother” while they
were in South Africa.
She said:
“Dad used to shout at mummy and
beat her and she would be crying.
That day we left her alone in the
house. Daddy took the keys and
mummy’s phone and locked mummy
inside.
“When we came back home, daddy
parked outside, locked us inside the
car and went inside. After that, he
called us to ‘come, come and see your
mummy on the floor’. Mummy was
saying, ‘Take me to hospital, I’m tired’.
He started videoing her. He gave her
red oil, but she spat it out. Her body
was cold.”
The deceased’s mother, Mrs. Stella Ayobo,
said her daughter had planned to visit her
on the fateful day, but had cancelled the
visit.
She added that Priscillia had not been
happy throughout her 7 year marriage to
Ajimowu . She added that Oluchi had shortly
after his wife’s death reported at the Aguda
Police Division, saying a friend took poison
and died in his house.
She said:
“Four years ago, they went to South
Africa. She always called me to report
how Oluchi maltreated her.
“She came back to Nigeria on
November 27. She visited me on
November 28 and promised to visit
me again the following day, being a
Sunday. But that day, around 8am, she
called me that she would not be able
to come again and promised to come
with her children on Friday.
“Around 8pm that Sunday, her
husband called me that she had been
vomiting since morning and I told
him to take her to the nearest
hospital. He later called me and said it
was a poison she took. I told him to
bring her. By the time he brought her,
she was dead. We took her to a
hospital and the doctor said she had
died.
“He went to the Aguda Police Station
to report that a girl visited him from
South Africa, took poison and died in
his house.”
The mother urged the police to investigate
the matter in order to give justice to the
family.
Priscillia’s older sister, Mrs. Emenike Dorcas,
said Ajimowu had convinced her sister to
come to Nigeria under the pretext that he
would open a chemist’s shop for her.
She added:
“I reported the incident to the police
at Satellite Town and Aguda divisions.
Policemen at Aguda were surprised
when they eventually knew the truth
of the matter,”.
Priscilla’s uncle, Francis Ayobo, said the
suspect was not remorseful after his wife’s
death.
He said:
“It is so surprising that the wife was
dying and the husband started
videoing her. The videos were more
than 40 minutes. He sent it to
Priscillia’s sister in South Africa. By
that time he would have rushed her
to a hospital for treatment.
“I noticed that about three other guys
were in the background of one of the
video because somebody was giving
her water and she was foaming in
the mouth. Those things should be
questioned. He was handed over to
SDCI on Wednesday.”
The Lagos State Police spokesperson, DSP
Joe Offor, said the Aguda Police Station
arrested the husband and have handed him
over to the Satellite Town Police Division.
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