Cold shock has envel­oped the family and friends of 35-year-old Mrs. Martha Ifeoma Ifewulu, who was gruesomely murdered in her home at Oke-Afa, a suburb of Ejigbo Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Monday, December 1.

For her husband, Chief Law­rence Ugochukwu Ifewulu, 52, and the couple’s four young children, who came home from school to be­hold the death of their mother lying in a pool of her own blood, which flowed freely down the staircase, this month will remain for them a Black December, even as the stain of her blood over the walls of the staircase has been stamped on their minds. “Who killed our mummy?” is a question now reverberating through their minds.

The late Ifeoma’s husband is as distraught as his children, though he is making a manly effort to keep his pain and emotion under control for the sake of the children. But then how can a husband recall the beautiful face of a wife that smiled at him as he left home in the morning, only to be summoned back in the afternoon by the urgent plea of a sobbing neighbour, and upon getting home to be confront­ed by the gut-wrenching sight of the silky-soft skin of her throat hideously slashed with a knife as one would do to a goat, and not break down in tears?

The husband of the deceased, Ifewulu, a native of Aniocha Lo­cal Government Area in Anambra State, who spoke to Sunday Sun, quaked with tearful pain as he tried to narrate the tragic death of his wife. After gaining some composure, he said: “Up till this very moment, I can’t just imagine that this actually happened. But, actually, it happened. On Mon­day, 1st December, we had our morning devotion and rejoiced that we were able to make it to December as a family,” began Ifewulu. “That morning, I was not really feeling fine and I thought of going for a medical checkup. I even jokingly asked her to go to the laboratory with me, but she declined because she wanted to go to Trade Fair to buy some things. So, I left the house around 10:30am. Even as I am talking to you now, I have not even gone for the result of the test because I left the laboratory around noon. When I wanted to leave the laboratory, I tried to call her to tell her I was leaving for the office but she did not pick the call. I kept calling her line up till 3pm but there was no response. I even got very annoyed wondering where she must have kept her phone. Get­ting to my office, after the usual traffic jam along the road, I got a call from one of our tenants, a woman. The woman was just crying and telling me to leave whatever I was doing and rush home. I asked her what happened, but she only said I should start coming immediately. I had to call one of my staff to drive me home because, due to my condition, I couldn’t even drive. Getting home, I could not imagine what I saw. I was told that when the children came back from school around 3:30pm and opened the door of the staircase, they just saw blood flowing down from the staircase. One of my girls tried to go upstairs and that was when she discovered my wife’s corpse and then raised the alarm. Neighbours came to the scene. It was when I got in around 5pm that I asked what happened. The chairman of our estate was the one that called the DPO of Ejigbo Police Division and informed him about the incident.

“The police came down within 30 minutes of getting the news. They went round, took pictures, and took away all that was at the scene as exhibits. Her wristwatch, wedding ring (which must have fallen from her hand when strug­gling with the killers), phones and everything else, were intact. Even her phone kept ringing.

When asked if he could recall having a fracas with anybody in business or within the neighbour­hood, he said: “I run my business all alone, and I can’t recall having any issue with anybody either in business or on the street. What will bring about such? If it is a matter of losing money that can cause a quarrel between me and anyone and I would just forget about the money. The arrangement we had that morning was that she would stop over at her shop and get some money to buy goods at the Trade Fair complex.”

Asked if his late wife had ever reported any case of harassment or disagreement between her and any one, the bereaved husband simply retorted: “Hmm! I will like to hold on for now till a later time, because…let me just hold on for now.” As would be expected, all the neighbours are still in shock and wondering how a monstrous crime like the murder of the wom­an could have been committed in their neighbourhood in day time. But a female friend of the family and a tenant in Ifewulu’s premises (name withheld) who was one of the first set of people to discov­er the corpse mustered enough composure despite the deep pain of losing her friend and narrated how the murder of Ifeoma was discovered.

Her words: “It was about to rain that day and I tried to call the maid of our landlord (Chief Ifewulu) who was just about to open the door leading to the stairs. She asked me to hold on so she could come back for the family’s clothes spread outside after taking the kids upstairs. Immediately she opened the door leading to the stairs, she saw blood flowing from the stairs just like that and she alerted me immediately. When we got up, we saw our landlady lying down dead in a pool of her own blood. That was when we raised the alarm to alert other neighbours. Later on, I called the landlord and told him to start coming home.

When the PPRO for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr. Kenneth Nwosu, was contacted for comments on the incident, he told Sunday Sun that efforts were on to achieve a breakthrough in the investigation. He said the case had been transferred from Ejigbo Police Station to the State CID headquarters at Panti, Yaba. “A crime has been committed and the police have a duty to thoroughly investigate it,” Nwosu said.

At the scene of the crime, Sunday Sun saw blood splashed all over the walls of the staircase of the two-storey building in Oke-Afa area, Ejigbo, Lagos. The big mirror adorning the midway landing of the staircase was broken, suggest­ing that her head may have been hit against it or somebody’s leg kicked it as a struggle ensued between the victim and her killer (or killers). Amazingly, nothing was stolen from her.

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ehya sorry but am 1000% sure something is involve

.something is fishy.

eehya

This is a very hard situation..Nigeria police ain't really qualified for proper investigation..I wonder how it would be 2 remember ur wife been murdered and justice not giving..NIGERIAN POLICE fit say na SUICIDE CASE..INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY dat y I love that channel

RIP, such beautiful woman.

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Disgusting news indeed! RIP dear mother of 4

God have mercy

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Too Baddo

space booked!!!!!!!

sad story

Rip to the dead...
Story to long...
Someone pls summarize!!!

Very pathetic

This is horrifying. Just like that? A mother of 4 murdered? May they know no peace all the days of their lives. What a wicked world we live in. R.i.p Mrs ifewulu

So sorry for his loss... Forensic investigation needs to be carried out, hope the crime scene has not been contaminated.

sad
investigation should be done asap. ..
RIP to the dead

Very Tragic.

So sad!! RIP to her.

R.I.P to her.

When things like this happen its easy and normal to sympathise with victims. But there is always a catalyst.

A WORLD OF ADVISE TO NAIRALANDERS:

No matter where you find urself in life,rich or in power or just any position that gives you and edge over anyone,you have to be carefull how you treat people.

Some people may not be able to do battle with you legally,officially or politically becos of ur political or financial edge over them but they can wreck harvoc spiritually (e.g native doctor e.t.c) or criminally ( assasination and murder).
No matter how insignificant the situation may seem,no matter how little the financial situation is just try to treat people with respect and humanity especially those below you,cos they will most likely not confront you physically but may be so hurrt that they just wont let things slide.


R.I.P to the dead.

God forbid..rip really a sad story..lord jesus wheneva deadly decisions are been made against my life or that of my loved ones;let the covenant of ur mercy and ur grace show up on my behalf..amen

May the children have the fortitude to bear their pain. .God expose the perpetrator

Oh God... This is so sad.
What a callous act

Life goes on