Islamat Bolaji had been allegedly murdered at No. 50 Wright Street, Adekunle, Yaba, Lagos after she was beaten to death with her pregnancy by her estranged lover, one Okiki Arisekola on September 16.
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The grieved grandmother, Mrs Gbemisola Agbola said she was more touched with the loss of her pregnant granddaughter after seeing that she lost late Bolaji at about the same age her mother died.
The father of the late pregnant lady, Isiaka Bolaji, who sobbed inconsolably disclosed that late Islamat was his first daughter and was still nursing a little child she had for her killer.
According to reports from Sun Newspaper, the estranged lover was involved in a war of words with pregnant Islamat which eventually led to him allegedly beating Islamat to a coma. She was rushed to the hospital but died afterwards.
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Isiaka Bolaji recounted.
“He has not been visiting my daughter, but recently he just started coming and my daughter grew suspicious of his visits. On that fateful day, when he came, they were together at first, then he left, on his return, they started quarrelling; nobody paid them attention because that was how they always fought. But, this time, it led to a physical fight and Okiki beat my daughter into a coma. After some minutes that he had left, my daughter fell and became motionless. We rushed her to the hospital and it was there she died,”
Speaking from her angle of the story, disturbed, Gbemisola Agbola said.
“She was just recovering from a fever attack. She had not done any work for close to a week. On that day, she decided to treat herself with some medication. She asked me to hold on to the child, an 11-month-old baby, I took the child and placed him on my lap. Not long after, Islamat’s sister, Kemi came in and asked me to give her the baby, I did and Kemi caressed the baby. She stepped out with her only to meet Okiki standing outside. He demanded to take the girl away and Kemi gave him the baby. But when Islamat saw Okiki with the child, she rushed to take the baby from him. They dragged the baby between them, while Kemi stood looking at them. Okiki tried to leave with the baby, but Islamat didn’t allow him because she feared that he was going to use the child for rituals. It was a passerby that called my attention to Okiki merciless beating of my granddaughter, I almost had high blood pressure, I rushed out and called my granddaughter. As I was leading her back into the house, she fell and fainted. The first hospital we took her to didn’t have doctors on call, but before we could get to the health centre she died. It was confirmed by the doctors there,”
However, Mrs Agboola was unable to confirm speculations that Islamat was pregnant prior her death.
She said:
“There had been rumours about her being pregnant, but she said that she was not, so I didn’t ask her who the father was.”
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Arisekola was said to have been dating the victim since 2015 and the union produced a baby girl. However, he showed no move to marry her, apparently because he was still trying to find his feet. But he took responsibility for his daughter.
Sources said the couple broke up at a time, with Arisekola abandoning both mother and child, staying away for a long time.
Arisekola Kola, however, surfaced again after he allegedly noticed that Islamat was pregnant for another man and then, demanded to take custody of his daughter.
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