The woman, Mrs Dupe Ikharia, whose legs were allegedly crushed by her husband, Corporal Lucky Ikharia, over a N2,000 dispute, is dead. Family members of the deceased said that she died from complications resulting from the injuries she sustained during the attack.Dupe died unawares that her husband had also killed their only son, David. She gave up the ghost after nine days at the Bone Orthopaedic Hospital, Mushin, Lagos. Dupe’s younger brother, Mr Segun Akhiode, who said the woman died on Friday, added that they were already making plans to take the matter to court.
On October 30, Lucky allegedly used a bus to crush his wife’s legs. He did not check whether his wife was dead or not, but abandoned her, where she had fallen after the attack. The corporal went home and allegedly stabbed 14-month-old David to death. He was also said to have inflicted knife injuries on himself. It was gathered that Lucky was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for treatment and was arrested on Thursday.
Lucky, who allegedly abducted David a few days before the attack on his wife, brought the child back home dead last week. According to Dupe’s family members, Lucky had always threatened during marital quarrels that he would kill his wife, son and himself.
Akhiode told our correspondent yesterday that the family was already discussing with their lawyer and would soon take the case to court. He said: “Dupe has just died from complications resulting from injuries she sustained when Lucky ambushed her as she was heading to her sister’s place at Mushin. Lucky used the bus to crush her legs twice.
“On Friday, around 5:30pm, her conditioned worsened. She suddenly started breathing irregularly. Nurses came to infuse her with drip and blood but she did not respond to any treatment. She started convulsing. “The hospital said we should take her to another hospital. It was in the process of looking for an ambulance to carry her that she died.”
Akhiode said that a few hours before Dupe died, she started asking about her son’s whereabouts.
“She kept asking me to go and bring her son, saying that she wanted to see him,” he added. Dupe had told our correspondent last week that Lucky used to maltreat, beat and torture her. She said: “This time, the problem was because of N2,000, which he said was missing from N5,000 he gave me to keep. I asked him if he was the one that took the money.
He became angry and beat me. He dragged my two legs and I hit my head on the flour.
“The following day, he took David to an unknown place. I went to Makinde Police Station, where he works to report him. They told me he said he would bring back the child. The remains of Dupe had been deposited at the Yaba General Hospital mortuary.
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