A member of the House of Representatives from Ondo
State died in the early hours of yesterday after what
security sources said was a s*xual affair with a
female banker in his private residence located at
Gwarinpa Estate in Abuja.
Rep. Raphael Oloye Nomiye, who was 50 years old,
was until his death representing Ondo, Ilaje, Ese Odo
in Ondo State under the platform of the Labour Party.
The lawmaker was said to have died shortly after an
affair with the banker (names withheld). The
spokesperson of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
police command, Hyelhira Altine Daniel, confirmed
the incident, saying the command was still
investigating the cause of the legislator’s death.
When Sunday Trust visited the deceased’s residence
at Second Avenue in Gwarinpa Estate, neighbours and
witnesses said the banker, who managed his
accounts, was said to have rushed down for the one-
storey building to inform the policemen on guard at
the house that “oga just fell down and is vomiting
blood.”
They said when the policemen entered into his room
upstairs, they found him laying on the floor with a
towel tied round his waist, while he bled from the
mouth. He was then quickly taken to a private clinic
on 3rd Avenue within the estate in his official Toyota
Camry 2012 car with Registration Number 148B Rep.
It was further learnt that doctors at clinic declined to
attend to him, saying it was a “serious” matter,
following which he was then rushed to the National
Hospital, Abuja, where he was later pronounced dead.
Police sources disclosed that the banker, who is now
in police custody at the Gwarinpa Police Division, had
earlier denied having s*xual affair with the lawmaker
before his death.
But she was said to have changed her statement after
doctors at the National Hospital conducted an
examination on corpse, which confirmed that the
deceased had slept with a woman shortly before his
demise.
The sources said after the test, the banker admitted to
interrogators that she had actually slept with the
deceased and had helped him to clean up, following
which he went into the bathroom, where he suddenly
fell and began to vomit blood.
Police investigators who inspected the lawmaker’s
house had succeeded in recovering some items,
including a bottle of water, which the deceased
lawmaker had drank from some tissue papers and the
clothes the deceased had worn earlier in the day,
Sunday Trust gathered.
When our reporters visited the banker’s private
residence located at Kado Estate in Abuja, two of her
professional friends, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity, said the banker and Raphael had been
friends. They, however, denied knowledge of the
lawmaker’s death.
An investigation by Sunday Trust also revealed that
although the late lawmaker was married, his wife and
children were not living with him in Abuja.
As at press time, there was no official statement from
his family or the House, but a lawmaker in the Lower
Chamber confirmed the lawmaker’s demise. He
added, however, that the House would make an
official statement until it received formal notification
from Nomiye’s family.
“I heard of his death, but we’re yet to get any official
statement from his family or any doctor. The House
will make an official statement when it eventually
receives confirmation from his family,” said the
source.
When contacted, the Deputy Chairman of the House of
Representatives Committee on Media and Publicity,
Victor Ogene, said he was yet to get an official
confirmation of the death and, as such, wouldn’t
comment on it.
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