Remembering the Disabled Murdered by Caregivers
Name: Olayode Morenike.
Died: March 27, 2024.
Age at death: Adult.
Cause of death: Stabbed.
Location: Akure, Ondo, Nigeria.
Disability: Unspecified.
Details:
Olayode was stabbed to death with a pair of scissors. Police say her husband was angry at her for visiting her child from a previous marriage.
Case Status:
Fatai Abdullahai (Husband), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Sources:
Police take action as husband stabs disabled wife to death in Ondo
Husband stabs wife to death in Ondo
Name: Salisu Surakatu.
Died: November 24, 2021.
Age at death: 94.
Cause of death: Machete injuries.
Location: Kara Ewumi Village, Mowe, Ogun, Nigeria.
Disability: Blind.
Details:
Salisu’s brother came to his house, and the two had an argument because Salisu had sold a piece of property and not given his brother some of the proceeds. Salisu was unable to defend himself, or even see that his brother was armed, when his brother allegedly killed him with a machete.
Case Status:
Moshood Habibu (Brother), charged with murder.
Sources:
78-year-old man kills blind brother over land dispute in Ogun
Name: Alice Anene.
Died: January 26, 2025.
Age at death: 74.
Cause of death: Burned.
Location: Amene Village, Abagana, Nigeria.
Disability: Wheelchair user; mobility impaired/disabled elder.
Details:
Alice was burned to death. Police found an alleged group of conspirators with her body in a wheelbarrow, and a casket in which they intended to bury her before investigations could be made.
Case Status:
Obinna Anene, arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ikenna Anene (Cousin), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Chinenye Ekwenugo, arrested.
Uzochukwu Okeke (Cousin), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Ifeanyi Igwe, at large and wanted for murder.
Fidel Anayo (Stepson), arrested on suspicion of murder.
Sources:
‘Crippled Woman’ in a Wheelchair Burnt to Death in Anambra, Police Arrest Suspects, Recover Casket
Police Arrest Four In Anambra For Setting Woman Ablaze In Wheelbarrow
Four arrested for burning 74-year-old Anambra woman
Anambra police arrests man over physically challenged woman’s murder