Lagos wife killer Lekan Shonde had a child outside wedlock according to his in-laws

ARRESTED Lagos wife killer Lekan Shonde has been accused of having another child out of wedlock which was led to his altercation with his spouse Ronke who he eventually murdered when a fight ensued.

 

Last Thursday, Mr Shonde, a dockworker in the Apapa area of Lagos State killed Ronke, his wife of eight years, at their home in the Idimu-Egbeda area last Thursday. A police manhunt was subsequently mounted for him and after a week on the run, he decided to give himself up and report to the authorities last Monday.

 

However, his wife's sister Bolatito Bewaji, revealed that Lekan allegedly killed her sibling due to jealousy and insecurity. She said the problem started when Ronke discovered that her husband had a child outside wedlock, which affected their marriage.

 

According to Bolatito, her sister had endured a long period of domestic abuse, adding that sometime in December 2015, she almost packed out of his house. Lekan had claimed that his late wife was unfaithful to him, adding that he caught her discussing her sexual escapades with a lover over the telephone.

 

Bolatito, said: “The first case of abuse which I can remember happened sometime in 2012 and the most recent was in December 2015, when we were still mourning the death of my brother. My mother was in the house with them when he started to verbally assault her and it was getting heated so my mum had to immediately leave the house.

 

"My mum called me and I went to a police station closest to the house but the policemen there said I could not report the case since I was not the victim. I went to my sister’s house, but her husband refused to let her go, which created a scene on their street."

 

It was learnt that a pastor on the street and the landlady of the house came out to intervene and beg on behalf of Lekan, who was also pleading and saying it was the devil’s handiwork. Bolatito said her mother insisted she followed them back or she sign an undertaking at a police station that whatever happened to her, the family would not be involved.

 

She said her sister’s latest problem started after a woman turned up in their home with a child. She explained that Lekan, who was caught unawares by the visit, started begging his wife for forgiveness.

 

“My sister called me and said her husband had a child outside wedlock. She said somebody brought the child to the house and said her husband was the father and she was shattered by that news and from that time, she started keeping to herself.

 

“Lekan asked her to forgive him, saying it was the devil’s handiwork. He would kneel and beg in the kitchen and bathroom and promised to do a DNA test to know if the child was truly his own but he didn’t do it," Bolatito added.

 

On the infidelity accusation, Bolatito said her sister never had any relationship out of wedlock, saying the relationship between Ronke and the manager in question was professional. She also said Lekan did not buy her two cars as he claimed.