The family of Paul Olafare , the award winning pharmacist (Read
here) whom we reported that he committed suicide, are now saying they suspect foul play. Read their own version below after the cut....
Here is the official story of the Olafare family as told by Temitope Dorcas Olafare..
We were informed of Paul’s death in the afternoon of Sunday, 12th
April 2015. On getting to his residence, we were told that his corpse
had been deposited at the morgue. That caught us all by surprise and
we questioned how he died and how quickly his body was taken to the
morgue before his siblings arrived.
A neighbour told us it was around 11.00 am. Setting out for Yaba Military Hospital where his corpse was taken to, we saw his lifeless body in a car outside the hospital. Questions were asked about what happened and we were told he gulped down unadulterated insecticide.
Knowing the kind of brother I had, questions kept popping up –
how did that happen? Where was his wife when it happened? Why must he be
brought to the morgue before we were told? We were told that his body was brought from the hospital.
One of his church members screamed and said “Bro. Paul called me
this morning he was about leaving his house for church and he must not
get to church before me.”
Those who took the corpse to the morgue continued, “But we need
you to sign these documents so his corpse would be attended to.” So I
signed.
We went back to our dad to console him. He echoed my sentiments;
he said something was amiss and that the Paul he knew would never commit
suicide by drinking unadulterated insecticide? A huge lie it is! Well,
no one bought the story.
We decided to go back to Paul’s house to ask his neighbours what
actually happened. On getting there however, we met Busayo, Paul’s wife,
in the company of some other people. She had started packing her things
and may have left if not for the refusal of neighbours and people
around. Imagine.
It was at that point that I saw sense in the insistence of my dad’s friend that we went to Paul and Busayo’s home. When
the people with Busayo saw us approaching, they wanted to zoom off, but
we were alerted by some onlookers and we had to block the road with one
of our cars to prevent their escape.
I personally took the pain of meeting with Paul’s Shepherd, who
said the news came in to him as a complete shock. Explaining, how Paul
had been in church with him on Saturday the 11th of April 2015 and
(there was nothing wrong with Paul) he was his normal self.
One of Paul’s neighbours also said Paul had tried warming his car engine earlier that morning. Another church member said Paul called him asking him to call one Tosin because he needed to service his car.
Why would he then commit suicide all of a sudden? A
virtuous woman who has just lost her husband would have been sober and
sad, but Busayo wasn’t. A suicide she claims, but she was on the run?
Where was she running to? Why was she packing her things? Was she
expecting his death? Isn’t his death suspicious?
Many questions left unanswered. Busayo has to be quizzed. We should have her talk to law enforcement agents.
ABOUT PAUL AND HIS MARRIAGE TO BUSAYO
Oluwaseun Paul Olafare (aka Paulo) graduated from the University
of Lagos as a Pharmacist in 2008. He got married on the 19th of February
2011 to a woman we all believed loved him just as he equally loved her.
This happened a year after their introduction as fixed by the wife’s
family.
Before their
introduction, Busayo Taiwo, was loved by all members of Paul’s family. I
personally spent most of my weekends at her family’s house in Shomolu,
Paul’s immediate elder and younger brother and my late mom loved her as a
biological child.
Some months
into her introduction, she started acting strangely. My late mom
noticed and invited her over. We had a meeting where she asked each one
of us what had gone wrong. We left that day, feeling it was over with
mother instructing we her kids to behave well to her irrespective of her
behaviour.
My late mom
was seriously ill just some months to their wedding and was hospitalized
(24th December 2010). And all through her stay in the hospital, our
beloved wife (Busayo) never showed up neither did our in-laws. My
brother said then she was writing an ICAN exam and could not visit
mother.
Mom requested her
discharge from LUTH in January 2011 so she could be at their wedding.
She went to that wedding though limping but she was so happy, same with
my dad. (Whereas HAMILTONSTYLE wrote “Unfortunately, the
parents of the deceased, who have been at loggerheads with Mrs. Busayo
Olafare and didn’t approve of their son’s marriage to her… Husband and wife had lived together amicably”)
Lived
together amicably? No! They never did. Paul’s immediate younger brother
who drove them home from their wedding reception on their wedding day
said Paul and his wife quarrelled all the way home, and he was afraid
the marriage won’t last if they continued that way.
There
was a time Paul was considering divorce. He complained that his wife
was not giving him peace. He however held back because of his post as a
Youth Pastor, wanting to set a good example. I remember vividly that my
elder brother, told him then “You are the pastor, God will see you
through.”
The issue my brother
had was his gentle nature. He wanted no one, not even his siblings and
surviving parent, to know how imperfect his family was? And if at all he
needed to complain, his gentility always kicked in.
Two
months into their marriage, Busayo’s mother came and took her away
while pregnant purportedly for spiritual prayer at her church CCC
Morocco parish, and remained there till her time of delivery.
We
had no idea of this incidence until the death of their first child.
Paul told us how they didn’t let him have his wife. It was then we knew
that Busayo gave birth in her parent’s church, CCC Morocco parish. It
was such a slap on our face. A serious issue arose. Still in the course
of that month, we were made to realise there was this UK based man that
Busayo’s mom wanted her daughter to marry and that she was stylishly
buying into the idea. Why didn’t Paul tell us this?
My
late mom called to confirm the story from Paul and he confirmed it was
true but strongly warned us to stay out of it, assuring us that things
would eventually fall into place and that he was on top of his game. Then it dawned on us that Paul had been taken away from us as a brother otherwise he would not have acted that way normally.
Their
third child (a girl I supposed) came. Paul told us his child’s
christening ceremony was going to be held at his mother-in-law’s church.
And none of us went. I guess my dad did though.
Being
a gentle person, Paul still told us not to interfere, yet he did
nothing. How would you drop such a story and except no reaction
whatsoever from your family? It sounded not just possible but being who
he was, Paul did not want any trouble with anyone. Though my siblings
went to his house for the naming, they bluntly refused to follow him to
his mother-in-law’s church.
His neighbours? They explained how hot Paul and Busayo’s home had been. How the children did not live with them and all that. Some of his colleagues at work knew how matrimonial issues had taken their toll on him.
Busayo
should explain how her husband got into huge debt. She has claimed that
Paul took his life because of indebtedness. If that was the cause of
his death, why did his wife attempt to run away? Her attempt to pack
some stuff and escape makes this issue a lot complicated. Debt and Suicide? What a story. Till Paul died he was hopeful Busayo would change… He had no pharmaceutical store. So how come his heavy debt?
We
were informed at Paul’s place of work how he recently participated in
an exam being conducted by the state. And the attractive prize that
follows. He’s been sending in suicidal messages lately because of debt, right? But who did his wife inform? She said he once attempted suicide at the Lagoon… When? How? Where? Who were those who rescued him? I guess Busayo must have single-handedly rescued him from the lagoon. Paul still has a father and siblings too, remember? Probably she forgot.
Do she even love Paul at all in the first instance? I am just wondering how our brother allegedly committed suicide… Paul was a strong man and he remained hopeful till death took him away.
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