Woman exhumes ex-husband’s corpse, fights son over property

A businessman, Dapo Olofinmakin, has accused his mother, Olufunmilayo, of exhuming the corpse of his late father, Segun, in a bid to sell his property on Sanya Street in the Aguda area of Lagos State, where he was buried.Information Guide Nigeria

PUNCH Metro gathered that Dapo, 47, had opposed the plan by his mother to move the body to another location to facilitate the sale of the building.

Dapo Olofinmakin, a businessman, has accused his mother, Olufunmilayo, of exhuming the body of his late father, Segun, in an attempt to sell his property on Sanya Street in the Aguda neighbourhood of Lagos State, where he was buried.

In an effort to fulfil her objective, Dapo told PUNCH correspondent that his mother had Onikan Zone 2 Police Command officers arrest him at his father’s residence.

He said that the police officers who arrested him and his daughter at 7:30 a.m. on October 30, 2021, kept them for thirteen hours, and that when they returned home, his father’s remains had been gone.NYSC portal

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Dapo said, “I am the only child of my mother and father; sometime between 1982 and 1995, my father was not around to manage his property because he had some challenges. During this period, my mother got married to one Alhaji Onisemo, who is now late, and she gave birth to my stepsister, Bukola.

“I was in South Africa when my father died and could not return home to bury him because of the travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. So, it was my uncle, Olu Akomolafe, who is my mother’s brother, and members of the Sanya Street Landlord Association that buried my father.

“When I returned from South Africa, my mother started claiming she owned my father’s house. While my mother, a family member and I were at loggerheads over claims to the property, on October 28, 2021, she came with policemen around 7.30 am to arrest me at my father’s house.

“They took me to the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, where I was detained till they exhumed my father’s corpse on that same day. I was later released around 8pm. As I speak to you, I don’t know where she buried my father’s corpse or what she did with the corpse. She did all these things because she wanted to sell that house and I refused.”JAMB portal

Dapo alleged that occupants of the home witnessed his mother retrieve the body from the grave.

The native of Ondo State, who emphasised that his mother was claiming his father’s residence despite his long-ago divorce and subsequent remarriage, pleaded with the appropriate authorities to intervene.

Olufunmilayo, upon being contacted for a response, stated that an attorney will contact our correspondent. Olufunmilayo asserted that she built the home.

“That boy is a liar. I built that house and he’s here laying claims to what is not his property; my lawyer will contact you later,” she said.

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