Wife kills hubby with hot water in Ogun

A housewife, Ramota Soliu, has killed her husband, Bello Soliu, at a Fulani settlement at Iyana Ilewo, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Ramota, mother of two, was said to have poured hot water on Bello which eventually led to his death and fled their house. It was gathered that Bello had on […]

A housewife, Ramota Soliu, has killed her husband, Bello Soliu, at a Fulani settlement at Iyana Ilewo, in Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Ramota, mother of two, was said to have poured hot water on Bello which eventually led to his death and fled their house.

It was gathered that Bello had on Friday invited his relatives to help in talking to his wife, who he said was fond of starving him and an Arabic student living with them.

The woman reportedly woke up on Saturday morning, boiled water and bathed her husband with it.

A brother of the deceased, Usman Saliu, said, “My brother had always been complaining about Ramota. She had a habit of starving him and an Arabic student living with them.

“For peace to reign, Bello invited us to talk to his wife. People waded in on Friday, talked to her, but she didn’t say anything in response.

“Very early on Saturday morning, she woke up and started boiling water. People thought she wanted to make amala or ogi. All of a sudden, we heard a loud noise from her husband’s quarters where he was sleeping. We rushed to see what was happening and discovered that Ramota had bathed our brother with the water she boiled. His body was already peeling.

“We rushed him to a hospital at Rounder in Abeokuta, but he was rejected. We took him somewhere else, but he eventually died on Tuesday evening.”

The spokesman of police in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said he heard the incident being discussed on a radio programme; stating however that he was not sure the case was reported to the police, noting that the police would investigate the matter without delay.