Police Charge Woman & Her 3 Children Over Mysterious Death of Their Father

By Chinyere Ikem/LAGOS/Operative of Policemen attached to the Force Criminal and Intelligence Department FCIID Alagbon Lagos have arraigned a woman and three of her children over the mysterious death of a retired Deputy Supretendient of Police DSP Joseph Idehen.

The deceased died mysterious barely one year he retired from the force

The family members told police that all efforts to conduct an autopsy to find out the cause of his sudden death have proved abortive as four out of his eleven children with their mother,took his corpse to an unknown destination and buried him.

Family members said they reported the death to the police at the Force Criminal and Intelligence department Alagbon Lagos and following several efforts by his remaining children and the family members with the police to exhume his corpse to no avail, Commissioner of Police, Investigation Section of FCIID Annex Alagbon Lagos ordered the arrest of the childen and their mother.

The Commissioner of police thereafter ordered the Homicide Unit FCIID Alagbon to arraign the accused in a suit number LD/ 6510E/2018 at the Criminal Division Federal High Court Igbosere Lagos informed by the Inspector General of Police on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigeria versus the children, one Samuel Idehen , Michael Idehen ,Ruth Idehen and their mother Mrs Taiwo Idehen,who Pastor at the Mountain of Fire and Miracle Ministry, in Ishawo,Ikorodu, Lagos.

The accused is facing a six count charge bordering on murder, forgery of death certificate ,falsification of documents and theft of millions of naira from the deceased’s bank accounts.
Count 1 read : Taiwo Idehen(his estranged wife) Samuel Idehen, Michael Idehen,(his sons) and their sister Ruth Idehen on the 4th of July, 2016 at number 5 Odetola Street off Merit Road Alagbado Lagos in the Lagos judicial division did conspired to posion one Mr Joseph Idehen contrary to Section 233 of the Criminal Law Ch.C17 Col 3 Laws of Lagos state 2015.
Count 2 read the accused forged the death certificate with the intent that it may be used or acted upon as death certificate of one Joseph Idehen property of the Ota General hospital thereby committed forgery contrary to section 365(3)(d) of the Criminal Law Ch.C17 Vol3 Law of Lagos State 2015
Count 3 read: the accused did use false death certificate to convey the corpse of the deceased Mr Joseph Idehen to Aragba Delta state for burial using false documents contrary to section 366 of the Criminal Law Ch C17 Vol3 Law of Lagos state 2015 .
Count 4 read: That you Michael Idehen sometimes in 2016 at First Bank Lagos in Lagos Judicial Division did withdrew the sum of N286,000 from account Number 3002677898 belonged to the deceased Joseph Idehen thereby committed stealing contrary to Section 287(5) of the Criminal Law Ch C17 Vol3 Laws of Lagos State 2015.
Count 5 read the accused sometimes in 2016 at Zenith bank Lagos judicial division did withdrew the sum of N2.1million from account Number 2005882038 belonged to the deceased Joseph Idehen and stole same thereby committing stealing contrary to section 287(5) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015
Count 6 read that the accused on or about the 4th of June 2016 at 5 Odetola street off Merit Road Alagbado Lagos murdered one Joseph Idehen an offence contrary to section 223 of the Criminal Law Ch C17 Vol3 Law of Lagos State 2015.

A police source who told Security Monitor that, before they were arraigned, they were released on bail to enable them take the policemen burial ground where they said their father was buried but getting to the village werse the deceased was buried, unknown to us they had hired thugs and with the help of some of the villagers to attacked the team of policemen and other family members that went with the police to exhume the corpse it was by grace that the police team escaped the attack .

After then the accused and the children went hiding and efforts to arrest them have been abortive .
It was learnt that the accused jumped bail and failed to appear in court prompting the Judge Akintoye J of High Court 51 Igbosere to issue a warrant for their arrest and for police officers to ensure that they appear in court on the resume hearing of the case on May 8th 2018 but the police have not been able to arrest the accused
Investigation shows that police have not been able to effect the order of the Judge to arrest the accused.

The family called for justice, in a Swift reaction to the order family members and other children of DSP Idehen are calling on the police authority to ensure justice by carrying out the order of the Judge by arresting the accused to face the law

The elder brother of the deceased Pa Sunday Ogomo who spoke on behalf of the extended family members said.
” We got information from the deceased daughter Miss Ruth Idehen on July 4th 2016, that she is with her father during her marriage introduction but her father start complaining stomach plain shortly after he gave up .

she further informed us that she had deposited the corpse in the hospital morgue. We were shocked when we heard the news of his because our brother have attended his daughter engagement on the previous day no sign of illness.

One of his younger son, Precious told us that his father ask him to go and repair his mobile phone for him but before he came back, he met his father rolling on the floor and in excruciating pains, I called my sister Ruth who is upstairs serveral, she refuse to come down. She was only one alone with our dad before I left the house to repair my father phone and served him food.

He us it was their neighbour who heard his screening that assisted him and took my brother to a private hospital but getting there he was pronounced dead on arrival. Immediately Ruth took the corpse and deposited it in the Mortuary at State Hospital Ota, Ogun State.

Our brother have other relatives living around but ssurprisely Ruth did not inform them before taking him to the morgue. When the family members came to the house, they met his estranged wife who left him for more than twenty years .

We have other relatives and extended family we are from Evboesi village Orhonmwon local government area in Edo state. The family invited Ruth to family meeting to explain what happen since she and our brother was alone in house. We were surprised twelve days later she wedded without inviting her father relatives.

We went with the police to the village where they claimed they buried my brother but, my children hired thugs to attacked us with the police. It was God that saved us .

Scot Idehen, the first son of the deceased said ” My father had eleven children from six women. I am the first son of the family. I lived in aboard no one contacted I heard my death as rumor, immediately i returned to Nigeria
All my efforts to see my father’s corpse proved abortive. My father married my mother and had other children but being the first son I suppose to know where my father was buried but my step mother denied me of that.

Rather took him outside our Village in Edo state and buried in Delta state. My father told us tha t he should be buried in his house at Alagbado, surprisely our father was buried without his son, other children including his relatives it was on Facebook I saw my father burial ceremony father.

Our relatives, remaining of my siblings non were at present during the burial ceremony.. We want his corpse exhumed and autopsy conducted as we suspect that he was murdered .Our lawyers wrote a letter to the State Hospital at Ota Ogun state placing a caveat on the release of the body but the corpse was released to them and they hurriedly went to bury him.

My step mother and her children
forged death certificate and falsified documents to withdraw millions from our father’s account.

We are asking for justice, let them show us where he was buried so that he Will be exhume conduct an autopsy to know cause of his death and also give him a befitting burial ”

When contacted the accused children for their our side of the story, Samuel and Michael Idehen, said they have the right to bury their father .
Samuel said ” I am the first son. I and my siblings have buried our father. We don’t need any family to attend our father’s burial”