Ganiyat Ayanwale, a young mother of three, was brutally stabbed to death inside her home at River Valley Estate, Ogun State, in an incident that has once again thrown the spotlight on the deadly consequences of domestic violence. By the time help arrived, her body had lost too much blood. Her internal organs were badly damaged.
According to a report by Vanguard Newspaper on Saturday, She was pronounced dead at about 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 8, 2026, at the hospital.
She was 13 years into motherhood. Her children were witnesses to a tragedy no child should ever see.
It was after the first stab that one of the children screamed. After the second, Ganiyat reportedly tried to run. She was dragged back and stabbed again.
Bleeding heavily, she staggered towards the gate of the house. Neighbours, alerted by the screams, rushed in and helped convey her to the hospital. Along the way, she reportedly narrated what happened in broken breaths, insisting she had done nothing wrong. Minutes after arriving at the hospital, she gave up the ghost.
Sources within the neighbourhood described the late Ganiyat’s husband, Mr. Ayoola Ayanwale, as a serial wife beater. According to accounts, he allegedly attempted to force his wife to ingest a poisonous substance after asking their older child to buy a locally-known pesticide. When she reportedly refused, he allegedly locked the younger children in a room, picked up a knife, and repeatedly stabbed her.
The attack, neighbours said, happened in the presence of the couple’s children.
Witnesses alleged that after the assault, the accused husband returned to the apartment to clean blood stains before fleeing.
Barely 12 hours later, Mr. Ayanwale was found in an open field in Sotubo, a suburb of Ogun State, gasping for breath. He was later pronounced dead in what police suspect to be suicide.
Items recovered at the scene included a bottle containing a suspected liquid substance, two mobile phones, a voter’s card and an ATM card.
Confirming the incident, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the command was aware of the development and would issue a detailed statement.
Neighbours who spoke to Vanguard said the late Ganiyat, even in her final moments, asked for water and questioned what offence she had committed to deserve such brutality.
There was no answer.
Credit: Vanguard Newspaper
