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Ronke Bewaji Shonde was found dead yesterday morning at their home at Tiemo Crescent off Awori street in Egbeda, Lagos, and her husband, Lekan Shonde, is missing.

He is believed to have beaten her death during a domestic dispute.

A family friend who reported the case said, Ronke and Lekan had a fight in the early hours of yesterday, while their kids were sleeping.

One neighbor later said he heard noise coming from their flat early in the morning but didn’t think it was something serious.

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Around 7am, the couple’s nanny came to the house to resume work only to find the house locked and no one was opening the door.

She tried to call Ronke but her phone was switched off. She peeped through the window only to find the couple’s 6 and 4 year old kids crying and saying they couldn’t wake their mum up.

Neighbors gathered and forcefully opened the door to find Ronke’s lifeless body on the floor with blood gushing from her head. Lekan was nowhere to be found. Ronke’s phone was also missing. He’d locked the kids with their dead mum in the house and taken off with her phone.

Her body has since been deposited at the mortuary. She was in her mid-30s. According to family friends, Ronke suffered domestic violence in her husband’s hands for many years but refused to leave the marriage.

6 COMMENTS

  1. I have read your story and though it is tempting to believe the man killed his wife… I rather wait for police investigation.

    If the man suddenly shows up and claim that he actually seized his wife’s phone and left for work but she killed herself. The story would change then…

    The possibilities are much so I will wait for police report sheet the husband had been picked up and gives his own side of the story.

    • Re u really serious wit ur comments? So u mean d noise of quarrel d neighbors were hearing earlier is just of d woman alone fighting wit herself. Is it d fisrt time things like dis will happen & d culprit will disappeared frm d scene? D one dat happened in Ibadan recently is a case study. Even d one of d banker dat was killed in lag some yrs bk was also d same way d guy disappeared. Wy will her phn put off & also missing? Wy will d door be locked frm d outside while d wife & d children were in. Pls, let’s reason sensibly.

  2. Women, we should keep praying for the families, the devil is using many means to destroyed the home when there is peace.
    Ask for God wisdom when necessary to right decision in order to save ur life.

  3. Women, we should keep praying for the families, the devil is using many means to destroyed the home when there is peace.
    Ask for God wisdom when necessary to take the right decision in order to save your life.

  4. @Grey… Ur comments make a lot sense…. Please let’s not be sentimental and hasty in our decisions because a life is lost already…..let’s allow the Police come out with their reports before we condemn / Crucify another life, to be precise “A father of Two innocent children”. Tnx

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