The father of makeup artiste, Olayemisi Ogunbi, allegedly beaten to death by her husband, Lukman Ogunbi, has broken his silence.
Late Olayemisi died on Friday January 28th after welcoming her third child. Anonymity claimed that her husband beat her to death and that she was sent back to her matrimonial home when she ran to her father reporting abuse.
LIB visited the Ijesha home of grieving 74 and 69-year-old parents of late Olayemisi, Mr and Mrs Ifelowo.
Mr Ifelowo denied allegations of his daughter being battered to death while pregnant, stating that there was no such report from her. He acknowledged the challenges in their marriage but refuted the rumors of her death.
”We thank God for everything, God’s time is the best. Everybody tried, the husband tried his best not to allow his wife to die. I as the father, I tried my best not to allow my daughter to die. The family rallied round them in the hospital but at last, she gave up. There is nothing we can do. It’s only unfortunate that at this age of mine, by June I would be 75 and she was 35 or 36 before she died. God knows the best. God knows what anybody doesn’t know.” he said
Mr Ifelowo refuted the allegation of his daughter being beaten to death and emphasized his close bond with her.
Reacting to the allegation that his daughter was beaten to death, Mr Ifelowo said: “I am the father, and nobody can tell me they know Yemisi more than me, not even the husband. I am her father, I gave birth to her, I gave her my name because I love her so much.”
“My last name is Adeyemi and I told myself even as a teenager before I married her mother, that if I had children, I wanted four boys. That is what I prayed for from God. I thank God Yemisi came. I had said if I should have a female child, she would bear my name, because I am going to take care of her because in my younger years, I suffered a lot. She got married. It was the best event in the world we had. She had the first and second issues. She was about to have the third one.”
He elaborated on their family dynamics and the challenges faced during his daughter’s pregnancy. He also addressed the unwarranted accusations directed at him and her husband.
Speaking further, the distraught father appealed to everyone to stop spreading the report that his late daughter’s husband beat her to death.
“All these allegations that people are carrying up and down, they should stop it because I want my daughter to rest in peace. Whatever anybody wants to say, let them keep their mouths shut. I am her father, I have been indicted with the husband and it is a very disgraceful something. They have disgraced themselves, not me. I took care of her to the last. If she needed anything, before she says it, I would give it to her.”
“Death comes and it takes away whoever it wants to take, that is God’s wish.”
“I don’t have anything more than that to say because at this moment, I am not even in a good mood but for the clarification of the husband, they should leave the man alone. Let the man go and take care of the remaining children.”
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