Esther Oqua Asuquo, mother of MC Bonus’ late wife, who died with her baby during childbirth after allegedly suffering domestic violence, is seeking justice.
Recall that on March 11, 2022, Lagos-based comedian, Emmanuel Chigozie, MC Bonus, was accused of allegedly beating his pregnant wife, Itunu to death over N2.7m she loaned him.
According to reports, the incident occurred at their residence in Okota area of Lagos state.
Reacting to the allegations, MC Bonus, claimed she died due to childbirth complications.
According to him, the photos of scars on his wife’s body making round the internet were taken during Covid-19, some years ago when he was preventing her from tearing their marriage certificates and breaking their wedding photos.
Few hours ago, Ms. Esther Oqua Asuquo stated in an interview with Linda Ikeji, that her daughter Itunu Alionye, who was married MC Bonus, suffered domestic violence in her marriage.
The deceased mother explained that not long after her daughter and MC Bonus got married, they began having marital issues. Concerned as a mother should be, she said she enquired from the couple and discovered it was over money troubles.
According to her, she had a meeting with her daughter and her husband and they revealed that MC Bonus borrowed a huge sum from Itunu and had refused to pay her back.
Ms. Asuquo said she resolved the issue between the couple and the husband promised to pay what he owed his wife.
However, their marital crisis went beyond money issues to domestic violence.
She explained that while her daughter was close to delivering her second child, she tried to intervene again but her daughter told her that her husband MC Bonus had insisted she apologises to his mother for them to have peace in their marriage.
Ms. Asuquo said the couple were still having crisis in their marriage when she received a call one morning in March from Itunu’s father’s family.
The caller, Alhaja Savage, who is married into Itunu’s father’s family, told her to come to Mother and Child hospital in Festac that her daughter is in labour.
When she got there, she was told her daughter had died during childbirth and she saw her daughter and newborn grandchild’s body.
Photos of Itunu’s body shared online shows blood coming out of her nose. Her newborn lay by her side.
Ms. Asuquo said she’s been seeking answers and justice since then, all to no avail.
She explained that MC Bonus was nowhere to be found when her daughter had to be rushed to the hospital and it was a neighbour that took Itunu to the hospital.
She added that when she spoke to the doctor after her daughter’s death, the doctor told her that her daughter had signs of physical abuse on her body.
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