Brutality: Woman crushed by police-husband dies in hospital

Lucky and Dupe when the going was good

A 30-year-old woman, Dupe Ikharia, whose legs were allegedly crushed by her husband, Corporal Lucky Ikharia, on October 30, has died in the hospital.

Our correspondent learnt that Dupe died at about 6.30pm on Friday, November 7, after her condition worsened at a traditional orthopedic hospital in Mushin, Lagos.

PUNCH Metro had reported last week that Lucky allegedly used a bus to crush his wife after they had an argument over N2, 000.

After leaving his wife for dead, Lucky was said to have returned to their home where he stabbed their one-year-old son, David, to death and ripped out his intestines.

Lucky was also said to have stabbed himself in an attempt to take his own life but survived the attack and was later arrested.

Dupe’s condition, it was learnt, continued to worsen and on Thursday morning, she was said to have fainted.

At the hospital, a nurse told our correspondent that Dupe’s spinal cord and one of the bones around her neck were also affected by the incident, and had worsened her case.

Confirming his sister’s death to our correspondent on the telephone, Dupe’s elder brother, Mr. Segun Akiode, said the family had earlier gone to the office of the state Commissioner of Police, Cornelius Aderanti, on Friday afternoon to submit a petition.

He said, “She has died. She passed on at about 6.30pm. That is where I am now. We went to the CP’s office in the afternoon, and he responded to us very well. He directed us to meet with an officer at the appropriate quarters. Unfortunately, Dupe is dead now, and the whole family is in sorrow.”

Akiode added that when the family, however, went to the SCID in Yaba, they were told that Lucky was not in their custody.

“When we went to the SCID on Saturday, they told us that they did not have any suspect by that name. I still do not know the whereabouts of the man. Meanwhile, we have taken Dupe to the morgue in Yaba,” he said.

When contacted on Lucky’s whereabouts, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said he would get back to our correspondent. He, however, had not replied as of press time.

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