A preliminary autopsy report on late Ronke Shonde has said the victim was not killed by the marks of violence on her.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the result, which was still sketchy, showed that the cause of the death might be more complex than earlier thought.

Our correspondent had reported how Lekan, 51, allegedly beat his wife, Ronke, to death at their home in the Egbeda-Idimu area of the state last Thursday.

Lekan, a dock worker in the Apapa area, who spoke with our correspondent while in hiding, had denied complicity in the death, saying he only slapped her that night.

He instead accused Ronke of sleeping with one Kayode, the general manager of a publishing company where she worked as the human resources manager.

After three days in hiding, the suspect gave himself up to the poilce.

A source on Tuesday said the report was still being compiled, adding that only a phase had been completed.

He said, “As of now, the report showed that the marks of violence on the victim have nothing to do with her death. Other areas are still being explored. The actual thing that killed her has not been stated.”

The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dolapo Badmos, said the police had yet to get the report.

She said, “I just spoke with the people in charge now and they said the result is not complete yet. I will advise we exercise patience and caution. The police are also monitoring the case and we intend to get the report soon. This will be disclosed to the public.”

Meanwhile, the management of Learn Africa, the publishing firm where Ronke and Kayode worked, said on Tuesday that the duo left the firm in March.

A statement from the company on Tuesday, said both Ronke and Kayode left the employ of the organisation on the 8th and 10th of March 2016, respectively.

The statement read in part, “Late Mrs. Ronke Shonde and Mr. Kayode Oluokun were former employees of Learn Africa Plc. However, as of the time of Mrs. Shonde’s death, they had ceased to be workers of Learn Africa Plc since the 8th and 10th of March 2016, respectively.

“During the period of their employment, the management is not in a position to confirm or deny the existence of a relationship between these former employees in any other capacity other than as colleagues.”

angels09:
God save the judges who had sentenced the man to death. Especially the marriage failures like Kate henshaw and umarriageable entities like Linda Ikeji.

mineANDurs:


He is a wife basher for Gods sake!
His only saving grace is dat d wife foolishly dd not report him when still alive. If they look closely, d cause of death might not b too far fetched from complications or emotional instability from d domestic violence she suffered.

Meanwhile, this is Naija, who knows if d result was not fabricated.

STFUand4kMeHARD:
Does that vindicate the husband?

Jazzlite:
proof? you messenger of falsehood.... landlady says he is quiet and 9ce, you apostles of marital doom said he beat her 2 death! Police autopsy said she wash not beaten to death.....yet you insist he's a wife basher! haba free the man jawe, must you nail an innocent person at all costs, just to satisfy some domestic issues you're having?

mineANDurs:

V.P, Association of future wife bashers!
I am sure u intentionally chose to omit d part that said she had marks of domestic violence and also d part where the husband admitted to beating her. It is people like u dat kips us African's in d dark age,

mineANDurs:


He is a wife basher for Gods sake!
His only saving grace is dat d wife foolishly dd not report him when still alive. If they look closely, d cause of death might not b too far fetched from complications or emotional instability from d domestic violence she suffered.

Meanwhile, this is Naija, who knows if d result was not fabricated.

angels09:
God save the judges who had sentenced the man to death. Especially the marriage failures like Kate henshaw and umarriageable entities like Linda Ikeji.

mineANDurs:


V.P,
Association of future wife bashers!

I am sure u intentionally chose to omit d part that said she had marks of domestic violence and also d part where the husband admitted to beating her.

It is people like u dat kips us African's in d dark age,
Go to hell already!!!

mineANDurs:


I dont know if u r a man or a woman but whichever u r, U r a total disgrace to ur specie for calling Kate Henshaw whose husband impregnated his secretary 'a failure'.
As of linda Ikeji she is a very successful woman and I am sure she has never begged U or any of ur relation to marry her.

Stop hating and channel all ur energy to making some real money so u can come out of ur misery. Mtsheeew!

Jazzlite:
Y are you bitter....you're almost sounding like a lesbi.an.... so the whiteman banged Kate's secretary ok...well she felt black men are not good enough...her bidness ...but where was she and was she giving the man what she should have been?.... LI is a disgrace to humanity not just womanhood.... attached is a proof of Linda's inhumanity!

mineANDurs:
So u r blaming Kate for her husbands cheating? U r a lost course!!! Arguing with u is stooping low. We r not of d same level of intellect, Adieu!

mineANDurs:


He is a wife basher for Gods sake!
His only saving grace is dat d wife foolishly dd not report him when still alive. If they look closely, d cause of death might not b too far fetched from complications or emotional instability from d domestic violence she suffered.

Meanwhile, this is Naija, who knows if d result was not fabricated.

Oladat:
Op,why did you cut the story short?Please modify it and add the part where the publishing firm where Ronke claimed to work said both her and the alleged lover that she travelled to abuja with,on official assignment,had left the firm since March.

Jazzlite:
not confirmed! But then the alleged lover should be behind the bars not just the husband.