A 29-year-old mother of one, Mrs Gloria Peter Ajine, has been murdered while harvesting vegetables on her farm, in Ilewo Orile, Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.
Gloria, who was described by her family as hardworking and devoted, went to her farm in the afternoon to harvest vegetables, but she never returned home.
Speaking on the murder of his wife, her husband, Mr Peter Ajine, said: “I still cannot believe she’s gone. Gloria was the light of our family. She went to the farm to gather food for us, for our son, for the market. Who would do this to her? She didn’t deserve to die like this. My heart is shattered.”
The family revealed that Gloria was found hours later on her farm, lying lifeless in a pool of blood.
Ajine called the murder of his wife “an unspeakable act of violence that has left a void in our lives.”
He said: “Gloria was the kind of person who would light up a room. She was hardworking, loving and full of dreams for her family. To think that she died in such a horrific way is unbearable.”
He, however, called on law enforcement agencies to launch a full investigation into the murder and bring the perpetrators to justice.
Holding their one-year-old child in his arms, Peter made an emotional plea to the authorities.
“I have lost my wife, my partner, and my best friend. Our son has lost his mother,” he lamented.
Efforts to get the reaction of the spokesperson for Ogun State Police Command, Omolola Odutola, proved abortive as she did not respond to her calls.
