Kwara police to examine cause of Yetunde Balogun’s death, opts for post mortem test

The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed that a post-mortem examination to ascertain the real cause of Yetunde Balogun’s death, allegedly from food poisoning will be conducted Tuesday next week by medical doctors in Ilorin.

The Kwara State Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mopelola Abdulmaliq-Bashir, during a condolence visit to Yetunde Balogun’s husband’s family house, at Araoje area in Ilorin metropolis made this revelation.

Abdulmaliq-Bashir lamented that “it is lack of love that makes people see one another’s differences; a wife should, therefore, be treated like a daughter in the family.”

She said the news that the deceased died of food poisoning had gone viral, as against the family’s claim that she committed suicide with a poisonous substance “DD Force” which she drank, an aftermath of a heated argument with the husband.

The Commissioner assured Yetunde’s family that no stone will be left unturned to unravel the cause of her death, as there are two versions to the story.

“It is an unfortunate development for a State that is striving to put the female gender in proper position, a State that is already changing narratives to ensure that the rights and privileges of every woman is respected, to experience this kind of ugly development,” she lamented.

The Commissioner with her entourage consisting of Rapid Response Team of the ministry, on the directives of the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs, also paid a visit to the State Police Headquarters, where she met with the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Steve Yabanet, who gave an update on the case.

He stated that they were on top of the case and will go to any length to make sure that justice was served.

When contacted, the police officer in charge of the case, Emmanuel Johnson, told the Commissioner that they visited the house of the deceased and were able to retrieve the container of the substance late Yetunde Balogun was claimed to have allegedly taken.

Johnson disclosed that doctors said “there are two tests to detect the fact of the case medically, ‘Post mortem’ and ‘Toxicology’.

“Toxicology is not done here in Ilorin, therefore, post mortem has been settled for and slated to be carried out on Tuesday, 19th April,2022,” he added.

Sources: The Informant247 Naija News Today