A 42-year-old Togolese woman, Adisa Idris, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for her role in the death of a 32-year-old man, Abdulraman Danbaba.
The suspect’s husband, Idris, was said to have caught her and Danbaba in a compromising position in the couple’s shanty home on Kofo Abayomi Road in the Apapa area of the state and smashed the victim’s head with a hammer in anger.
Idris, said to be a hustler at the Apapa Port, immediately took to his heels as the victim lay on the ground.
Although he was rushed to the Apapa General Hospital, the victim, also a Togolese, was confirmed dead on arrival at the hospital.
Vanguard quoted a neighbour of the couple, Mr Okoye Mmadu, as saying, “Mr Idris is an easy going man. He was working as a private guard in a company around Apapa, before he was dislodged. He only got another one at the Apapa ports.
“It was rumoured that his wife had an affair with the deceased. These rumour mongers claimed they usually saw the deceased with Idris’s wife both at the buka she runs and at their home.
“They also alleged that the deceased usually came to visit the woman at odd hours , particularly when Idris was not at home. When Idris confronted his wife, she denied the allegation.
“On the day of the incident, Idris returned home to meet the man right in his apartment, with his wife. We heard somebody called him on the phone to inform him that the stranger was around. And when he came, he over reacted. Now, everyone behind the rumour has taken to his heels.”
The suspect, Adisa, said, “Danbaba was a regular customer of mine. He usually visited my buka to buy food. He became our family friend when I discovered we were from same country.
“My husband even knew him because he (deceased) usually visited when my husband was around. Last Friday, I called Danbaba on the phone to buy me beans porridge because I had not finished cooking and I was very hungry.
“That was not the first time he would buy food for me .
“ When he came, he met me in the sitting room but said that he did not buy the beans. He sat down to watch the television with me. Besides I was not alone with him. My employees and children were also in the sitting room.
“Barely had he stayed for 15 minutes than my husband returned. Immediately he sighted Danbaba and I together, he went out. Not quite long , he came in again. He went straight to where Danbaba sat and landed a hammer on his head. I never knew he was armed , I would have prevented him from striking. He immediately bolted away when he realised what he had done. We poured water on Danbaba as we kept calling his name but he did not respond.By the time we rushed him to the Apapa general Hospital, we were told he was dead.
“ Now my husband has abandoned me to suffer for a crime I did not commit. How could he have accused me of having extra marital affairs with the deceased whom I was much older than? How could I be promiscuous at this age, when I have better things to think about? I am diabetic and that is the most pressing issue on my mind , not promiscuity.
“I really don’t know where he fled to. He couldn’t have gone to his country because he knows I know there. I wish he would come back to face the consequences of his crime instead of leaving me to face it”.
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