My husband was assassinated, I want justice -Doctor’s widow

As the family of Oguntuase in Akure continues to mourn the gruesome death of Pediatrician, Dr. David Oguntuase, his wife, Ifeyinwa has cried out to the security agencies to help find her husband’s killers.

Dr. Oguntuase who would have been 54 by January, died in his private clinic on Christmas Eve, in a mysterious fire incident, suspected by his family to be the handiwork of assassins.

Ifeyinwa, a social worker also at FMC, Owo, told our correspondent that she received his last phone call at about 6.42pm on that Wednesday, instructing her on the need to shop for some basic provisions before dark because of the holiday period.

She said her husband left home in the evening without his car which was under repair at a mechanic site, and did not return home before the family went to sleep.

According to her, because of the nature of his job as a medical doctor, he often kept late and sometimes don’t return home if he had a case at the hospital, but he would notify her.

She noted that her husband was earlier robbed of his phones and other valuables the previous Saturday in the same area where his clinic is located.

Flanked by her three children, Ifedayo, 18; Temitope, 14 and Oluwatoyin, 11, at her home at Ijapo Estate, she asserted that her husband of 20 years did not die in a fire accident.

“For all I know, my husband was gruesomely murdered and I want justice for him,” she said.

She, however, could not explain why her husband was alone at the hospital at the time of the incident, a question which had been on the lips of many residents in the area.

“My husband was not a careless person, he was very meticulous and knew how to put things in their places. He was not lazy but active.

“He was simple and forthright. He used his clinic for charity. The clinic did not bring money to the home, he used his salary to pay his workers. He was kind hearted and selfless,” she said.

Asked if she believes the police could find the killers, she said, “I know they (police) can do something if they want to. They should find the killers at least to prove my confidence in them.”