Power Uti breaks silence over wife’s death

…. Reveals possible cause of her death

Joy Anyim

There seems to be a new twist to the circumstances surrounding the death of Power Uti’s wife, Toyin at their Illupeju home in Lagos.

Reports had it that Toyin who had died on October 9, 2017 was alleged taken to a church by Uti and kept there for days instead of a hospital/morgue.

Following this development, the wrestling champion, Uti was arrested by the police and is still being detained at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Panti, Yaba.

Although Uti had refused to speak on the death of his wife for over a week, he recently broke the silence when our correspondent visited him in detention.

He narrates how it all happened and clears the air as to how Toyin the mother of his four children died. He said, “My wife complained of having headache, on the Friday before the Monday she died. We felt it was just as a result of stress and that she needed rest. The headache persisted and even when my cousin came visiting on Saturday, he offered to take her to the hospital but she refused and said she will be okay that it was nothing serious.

” the fact remains that as a family, we have always enjoyed good health and have never visited the hospital except for child birth and immunisation. Even as a wrestler, when I go for a fight and get injured. I would always return back to the house and once my wife massaged me I am okay. I believe that was why my late wife objected to going to the hospital even when the headache persisted.

“On Monday, I prepared the children for school and took them to school. When I got back home, I discovered her condition had become worst so I immediately rushed her to Gbagada General hospital. Unfortunately she gave up and was confirmed dead at about 10:25 am .

On the circulated report that he took his wife’s corpse to a church for spiritual attention, Uti said. ” I never took my wife’s corpse to any church. The doctor confirmed her dead in the hospital and there is proof. You can go to the hospital and confirm. But then I am of the opinion that if my wife had gone to church on Sunday, she may not have died.”

Speculations had it that Toyin may have died as a result of domestic violence but Uti said, ” I am a wrestler and I know my capabilities. I never raised my hand to hit my wife. I loved her and would never do anything of such. The truth remains that I did not kill my wife. Why would I have killed her, to gain what?

On the possible cause of her death, Uti said, ” yes we are waiting for the autopsy report and I have no fear about that because I know I am innocent. In fact they should ask her family what caused her death, they have a terrible family secret which she revealed to me before her death.”

When asked what the secret was, he said. “I will not say it now until when I am finally freed.”

Investigations revealed that Uti and Toyin until her death were not traditionally married for the ten years they lived as husband and wife. Our correspondent asked why it was so and he said, ” when I went to her family ten years ago to make my intentions known, she was already pregnant then and the family said we cannot do the traditional marriage because she was pregnant then. They advised we go for a registry marriage which we did in Ife, Osun State.

“But I however noticed that the attitude of the family had changed towards me in the last years for reasons best known to them especially since their father died.”

Our correspondent also contacted the family of late Toyin for comments. They however refused to make any comment on the issue.

However, a family member who insisted he didn’t want his name on print said, “we have nothing to say for now as we are waiting for the autopsy report. When that is done, we will let the media know our own side of the story.”

A police source who also spoke in anonymity said they were called on Thursday that the autopsy result is ready but were yet to go get it.