'He Drank Rat Poison Over N1M Loan - Widow Of Dead Pharmacist Confesses

Few days ago, we reported it here that Lagos State Pharmacist of the year 2013, Paul Olafare, committed suicide on Sunday, April 12th at his home in Lagos. He was found dead by his wife who revealed that he had been under a lot of pressure following a huge unpaid loan he collected from some people to set up his own pharmacy. The Church leader's wife, Busayo Olafare is languishing in the custody of the Department of Criminal Investigation of the Lagos State Police Command as a prime suspect.
His death was initially suspected to have been suicide because a container of a popular rat poison, called ‘Sniper’ was found beside him. However, his late husband’s relation told the police that his wife might have poisoned him and made it look like suicide.

According to Punch, in a statement made at the DCI by a relation of the deceased, Busayo was found packing her belongings out of their house shortly after her husband’s body was discovered, which was why they suspected that she might be attempting to run away.

But Busayo, in her statement to the police, explained that right from when she first met her husband, her family and that of Paul’s have not been in good terms.

“I was in the bathroom that evening when he drank the poison called Sniper. I came out of the bathroom and saw him holding the bottle and quickly snatched it away from him, but he said he had already drunk the poison. I know my husband owes a lot of money. It is at least N1 million.That is the only reason my husband can kill himself. He has been very depressed because of the money he owes.” she told the police.

Busayo, who got married to Paul in 2011 and had a son with him, said she had cried and wailed as she assured her in-laws that she had no reason to kill her husband but they still did not believe her.

A relation, Mr. Soyemi, who identified himself as uncle of the suspect, told a correspondent that he would be releasing a statement on their side of the story. The investigators at the DCI said an autopsy would soon be carried out on the deceased’s body.