Osun Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Beating Wife To Stupor
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 39-year-old man, Oluwatomi Oliyide, who allegedly beat his wife to stupor for demanding that he take care of their children’s welfare.
The incident happened last Wednesday at their residence in the Capital Area of Osogbo, Osun State.
OSUN DEFENDER gathered that the husband fled his home after beating his wife till blood started gushing from her eyes.
According to the wife, Odunayo Oliyide, she met her husband an indigene of Abeokuta, Ogun State, in Lagos before relocating to Osogbo to live with him.
The 32-year-old victim, who said she is a fashion designer, noted that she left the work owing to lack of support and financial challenges, adding that her husband was a gambler.
She explained that trouble started after Oluwatomi refused to provide money for feeding for his two boys aged five and three years, adding that all her efforts to make him pay their school fees proved abortive.
She said, “It was after I married him that I discovered that he had married two different women in the past and he used to beat them,” she revealed.
“My husband prefers to gamble with all his money rather than sponsoring his children in school,” she claimed.
She added, “He doesn’t take care of our children. He only gives us money to eat whenever he likes. I am a fashion designer but since I got married to him, I have expended all my savings on feeding our children. I can’t cope again. For some time now, I have been going out to do menial jobs. I do bricklaying jobs, go to people’s houses to assist them in their chores to raise school fees for my children.
“People have intervened but he remained adamant. He has a site he is developing, and he always says that he will not train our children until the house project is completed, but he plays bets. I have reported to his parents. He said that until he completes his building, he will sponsor our children’s school fees. They promised to talk to him. I also reported him to our pastor. He still remained adamant.
“I have an ulcer and I couldn’t cope with the bricklaying job. I told him that I am tired of the relationship. I said I will relocate the children to my parents. He didn’t say anything. We were not speaking to one another for months, and whenever I call him for the children’s feeding, he will send money once in a while.”
On how the suspect allegedly unleashed his anger, the victim explained, “Last Sunday, I went for a vigil and he came and didn’t meet me. On Monday, I returned from church. I told him not to use my gas to cook, but he said he would refill the gas. This happened because for some weeks now, he has been buying only the food that he will consume and hiding it. I also get my own and use them in feeding our children.
“On Wednesday, I told him that I was going to work. When I returned, I was going to Owode for a film rehearsal. I left the children with him. He said I should not bid him farewell and said he would beat me until I lost my sight. He started beating me and injured me in my eyes with punches.”
Odunayo also recalled how her husband beat her when she was pregnant with their first child, and demanded justice.
A human rights activist, Citizen Lola Wey, who assisted in taking the victim to the hospital for treatment, confirmed that the suspect has been arrested by police operatives from Dada Estate Police Station.
Kazeem Badmus is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience. A professional in journalism and media writing, Kazeem prioritses accuracy and factual reportage of issues. He is also a dexterous finder of the truth with conscious delivery of unbiased and development oriented stories.
