A woman, who identified herself as Mrs. Feyi
Akere, has shown up to say 35-year-old Isaac Akere, one of the victims of the
Ikorodu boat mishap, was her husband.
Isaac, who was the last of the nine victims to be recovered from the Majidun River, was said to be planning hiswedding with his fiancée, Foluke, this week Saturday.Tragedy struck last Wednesday when both Isaac and Foluke took a commercial boat belonging to Bell Marine Services along with 19 others from the Ebute Ero, Lagos Island en route Majidun, Ikorodu. The boat capsized midway into the journey due to overloading and speeding, killing the intending couple, two pregnant women, a 13-year-old girl, and four others.Twelve of the victims reportedly survived the accident.
Isaac, who was the last of the nine victims to be recovered from the Majidun River, was said to be planning hiswedding with his fiancée, Foluke, this week Saturday.Tragedy struck last Wednesday when both Isaac and Foluke took a commercial boat belonging to Bell Marine Services along with 19 others from the Ebute Ero, Lagos Island en route Majidun, Ikorodu. The boat capsized midway into the journey due to overloading and speeding, killing the intending couple, two pregnant women, a 13-year-old girl, and four others.Twelve of the victims reportedly survived the accident.
Our correspondent reported on Monday that
Isaac’s corpse was discovered on Saturday after the family raised a
rescue team of fishermen to search for his body when it was
not seen at the Ikorodu mortuary.Few hours after the report was published,
accompanied with the picture of Isaac and Foluke, 36-year-old Feyi said she got
calls from friends and family members asking if she had divorced her husband.
She said she was not aware her husband wanted to marry another woman, adding that after the incident, her husband’s relatives locked up his house in Ikorodu and took away her children.
She said, “When the incident happened, some of his colleagues called me, asking if I did not know that my husband was involved in a boat accident, and that he was preparing to marry.
She said she was not aware her husband wanted to marry another woman, adding that after the incident, her husband’s relatives locked up his house in Ikorodu and took away her children.
She said, “When the incident happened, some of his colleagues called me, asking if I did not know that my husband was involved in a boat accident, and that he was preparing to marry.
“I didn’t believe until I searched for The PUNCH report online and
read the story myself.Immediately, I went to his office at Apapa. I was
directed to Ebute Ero. There, they queried me to know if I was his wife. They
said they heard he wanted to marry and that he died with his fiancée.
“I called my dad after another friend called me from the United
Kingdom saying the same thing.She said she went to the mortuary and while
making enquiries about her husband and speaking with his colleagues, her
husband’s younger brother embarrassed her, asking what she was looking for.
“His younger brother attacked me and told the people around not to
talk to me. I discovered that they had locked up Isaac’s house immediately he
died and took my children away. They have also removed his two cars –the one he
parked at the Majidun jetty and the one in the house. Why are they holding on
to my children? What is their interest? Why did they lock up his building and
remove his cars? I need to know.”
Asked if she had problems with her husband before he died, Feyi said she once had a major disagreement with him after he impregnated a woman outside wedlock.
The mother of two said the incident, which happened in 2011, led to her husband packing out of their matrimonial home.
“We were legally married in 2006, even though we had been living
together since 2004. I have had two children for him, both girls. Our problem
started when he impregnated a lady, which I later found out from personal investigation.
It was a big quarrel, and I almost sued him for it, but people said I should
not because he was my husband.
“He packed out of the house we built and rented a three-bedroom flat and started living with the woman who then had a child for him,”
“He packed out of the house we built and rented a three-bedroom flat and started living with the woman who then had a child for him,”
She, however, said a member of the family
identified as Lanre, had been calling her for “negotiation”. She said she
wanted to be carried along in the burial of her husband, and had rebuffed such
calls, which she described as unreasonable.
Feyi’s lawyer, Debo Olufeko, said,
Feyi’s lawyer, Debo Olufeko, said,
“There is already a case of abduction against the family because
they took the two children from her and took them to Ilorin, Kwara State. My
client was his legal wife and has a marriage certificate as evidence. She was
never divorced from her husband, even though we knew there was a concubine.”
When contacted on the phone, Lanre refused to
comment on the allegations, but asked our correspondent to speak with an elder
of the Akere family.
The elder, who declined identification, confirmed that Feyi was the wife of Isaac.
He said,
The elder, who declined identification, confirmed that Feyi was the wife of Isaac.
He said,
“Yes, we are aware he had a wife. However, all those things she
said are lies. It is a lie that we took her children from her. The family did
not take any children from Feyi at any point in time.
“The family moved in to take care of the children. She will take them after coming to talk to the family about it. She was not living with her husband or children before.”
“The family moved in to take care of the children. She will take them after coming to talk to the family about it. She was not living with her husband or children before.”
Source: Punch
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