Circumstances surrounding the death of a Port Harcourt based Pharmacist have been shrouded in controversy as friends of the family trade blames over the cause of his death.
The man identified as Madu Odi was reported to have died a few days after thugs allegedly hired by his wife, one Polachi Vivian, severely beat him for slapping his wife during an argument.
A Facebook user identified as Bernard Ufuoma, who claimed to be a friend of the deceased shared the story on his Facebook page and alleged that the wife has been arrested by the police for her alleged involvement in the death of the pharmacist.
Meanwhile, another Facebook user, Afy Francisca who claims to be the founder of Afulenu Cares Foundation that cares for gender-based violence, has debunked claims by Ufuoma, saying the woman had no hands in the death of her husband.
She claimed Vivian who is her friend was a victim of domestic violence who was constantly assaulted by the late husband.
Narrating the story, Ufuoma said the late pharmacist had a confrontation with his wife and slapped her during the argument. In retaliation, the wife allegedly mobilised five thugs to beat the man who died a few days later as a result of injuries sustained from the assault.
He said the late husband had registered his wife in a gym and the schedule was three days in a week, but the deceased became curious when the wife started going to the gym six days in a week.
He wrote;
“On April 1st Alloy (the late pharmacist) went to the gym to see her personal trainer and asked why the change of schedule and why the wife will be at the gym six days in the week. The gym management denied any change of schedule and insisted that she only comes to the gym three days a week.
Ufuoma said on getting home, he confronted his wife and the confrontation led to a heated argument.
He added that during the argument,
“The wife lurched at Alloy and held him in the neck and Alloy wriggled himself out of her grip and slapped her. Immediately Alloy knelt down begging her.
“Alloy’s older sister and Alloy’s pastor from Redeemed Church were called by Alloy to beg her but she was still fuming and baying for blood.
“The next day as Alloy was driving to the gate of his compound at about 6pm in the evening four young men intercepted him and dragged him out of his Toyota Prado SUV and one of them said, ‘So, you are not afraid. You beat up our sister. We’ll deal with you.’
“The four miscreants beat Alloy black and blue. They kicked him in the ribs and groin. At the screams of Alloy neighbors ran to the scene and the criminals fled. Alloy was rushed to the hospital and given treatment and discharged from the hospital around 10pm same day.“
He noted that the deceased narrated the story to him while he was at the hospital
A few days after he had been discharged from the hospital, Ufuoma said
“Alloy woke up with a headache and a cough producing blood. He drove himself to the hospital. After a series of tests internal bleeding was diagnosed. Surgery was recommended but before he could be taken to the theater for anaesthesia and shaving he slumped and died.”
But in her reaction to Ufuoma’s account of the story, Francisca claimed that the deceased’s wife had no hand in the death of her husband and had since been released by the police when autopsy report confirmed the cause of the death.
In a post on her Facebook page which she has however deleted, she alleged that Vivian was a victim of domestic violence and shared some of the pictures of the woman with facial injuries.
She noted that Vivian sustained the injuries after being assaulted by the late husband.
She wrote on Facebook,
“Princess Polachi Vivian was 16 when her father died and due to poverty she was forced to marry Odi (the late pharmacist) who was 40 then, she was a baby making machine, started giving birth from 17.
“Odi would only sleep with her for procreation and never showed her intimacy, he beat her up to stupor some nights she didn’t agree, she suffered from depression which led to her weight gain, she was unhappy and had no one to turn to until she registered herself at the stadium, not a gym and not by Odi.
“Now working out was the only thing that made her happy, when Odi saw the wife was happy he started his rounds of lies that she was being unfaithful and the beatings increased. Many times my friend will hide until her wounds heal, she will always say he is not perfect but at least he is taking care of the children. My friend endured the beating and domestic violence for 12 years but still kept quiet.
“Now the sister to Odi who is divorced came to live with them, instead of going to the one bedroom she insisted it’s her brothers house and decided to stay in the living room, princess disagreed and asked her to move to the one bedroom that it won’t be nice when visitors come to visit and see her in the parlour with her belongings so an argument started which led to Odi slapping Princess.
“As if that was not enough, the sister held princess hands while Odi punched and blew princess in his usual manner, she suffered a wrist and shoulder fracture, I have the report from the hospital and I will post pictures as well. This beating happened on Saturday the 30th of March.
“Now in 12 years of marriage princess has never retaliated but due to the beating she received, she sent the pictures to her family, the next day which was Sunday, the siblings arrived and wanted to know why Odi has been beating up their sister all these years and Odi asked them all to get out and this led to a confrontation and they all started fighting, the elder brother to my friend princess is younger and stronger so he was able to overpower Odi.
“Now Odi had some cuts and bruises, I’m not supporting taking laws into your hands but the beating was just to give him a taste of his own medicine, now unfortunately after 10 days Odi died, we couldn’t believe it bcoz the intention was just to beat him up so he won’t touch their sister again.
“Now my friend with her broken wrist, shoulder, badly beaten face was arrested, today I was at the police station after 6 days of her arrest and to God be the glory she has been released because the autopsy showed the real cause of his death.”
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