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Suspicion of foul play as Ogun couple found dead in their room

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2 years ago

March 1, 2023

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Suspicion of foul play as Ogun couple found dead in their room

The community of a 37-year-old farmer, Kehinde Egbeyi, along with family, neighbors, and friends, are in mourning after the discovery of Ogun couple lifeless bodies.

According to a source, the course was found lifeless at their residence in Oke Erinja, Ilaro-Owode Road, Yewa South Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The couple lived with a relative identified as Joel and watched a movie with colleagues before going to bed.

The following morning, everyone except the couple emerged from their rooms to prepare for their daily work on the farm. Joel called Kehinde and his wife, but there was no response.

Concerned, Joel and other colleagues broke down the door to Kehinde’s room and discovered both of them lying motionless on the bed.

The couple had no known illness, and the police were alerted to the incident.

A source revealed that the couple had gone to bed on Monday evening without showing any signs of illness. The source further stated that when their lifeless bodies were discovered, the police were immediately notified.

“Joel, Kehinde and his wife, and some other colleagues were all watching a movie in the sitting room that night. After watching the movie, all of them went into their rooms and Kehinde went to meet his wife in the room.

“But in the morning when others were set to go to the farm, they did not see Kehinde and his wife, and they decided to knock on the door of the room but no one answered.

“It was when they did not get any response after some time that they forced the door of the room open and saw their corpses on the bed. Blood was dripping out of Kehinde’s nostrils while a foamy substance was coming out of his wife’s nostrils,” the source said.

According to the source, the possibility of the couple’s death from generator fumes was ruled out as no generator was found inside or outside the building.

The family sought the help of a herbalist to investigate the cause of death while some other relatives reported the incident to the Owode Idiroko Police Station.

Upon arriving at the scene, the police suggested an autopsy to determine the cause of death, but the family declined, stating that they accepted the deaths as the will of God.

Their remains were said to have since been buried.

Kehinde’s brother, Joel, confirmed the development in an interview with our correspondent.

He said although the family suspected that the death was not natural, they have decided to move on.

“I was the one that went to the police station at Owode to report the mysterious death of my brother and his wife. Some policemen came here to see for themselves.

“Our family decided to just let this matter end there because we don’t want the issue to escalate. My mother is distraught now and she cannot even talk,” Joel said.

He confirmed that his family members had buried Kehinde’s remains while members of his late wife’s family also took her corpse away for burial.

A friend of the bereaved family, Kayode Adejobi, also confirmed the development.

“I have been coming here every time since this inicident happened. This is an unfortunate incident,” he lamented.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to our correspondent.

He said, “What happened was that the husband and wife were found dead in the room. The deceased husband is a twin and was living with his brother in the same house.

“After discovering their corpses, they reported to the police and the police visited the house and were about to evacuate the corpses to the mortuary to do a post-mortem but the family declined because they did not suspect any foul play.

“So, we told them to do an affidavit since they insisted on not doing a case and they went to the court to do the affidavit and the corpses were released to them. If they are now suspecting any foul play, it is an afterthought.”