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.
