IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Bimbo, wife of celebrity auto dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna a.k.a IVD who was burned in a melee with her husband, is dead.
The piece of news was announced by her sister, Mama Jazz, in an Instagram post on Saturday, 15 October.
Announcing her demise, her sister called out IVD for killing his wife.
“My hands are shaking.
“Bimbo is gone. Bimbo is gone- My sister is gone. The fire is burning me Haaaaaaa. IVD you killed my only sister. Abimbola IVD killed my sister, IVD killed my sister, IVD killed my sister,” she wrote.
According to reports, on Wednesday evening, Bimbo had set herself ablaze after being beaten by her husband.
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The violent incident occurred at their residence in Megamound Estate, Lekki, Lagos.
After the incident, a source had said: “We are praying fervently that she doesn’t d#e. We were rejected by almost 10 hospitals but thank God we were able to find one that accepted to treat her. She couldn’t talk as at when I was with her at the hospital.
“Can you imagine that IVD almost str@ngled me for attempting to help his wife? He threw her out of his car and zoomed off. We’ve been trying to reach him on phone and he isn’t answering his phone calls. Bimbo’s family members are here and are seriously worried over the present state of their daughter.”
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It is reported that she had been enduring domestic violence for the 22 years of their marriage.
Sources claimed Bimbo confronted her husband IVD on Wednesday, 12 October, 2022, over the constant beatings she receives, and a fight ensued.
According to their meighbours, they heard Bimbo’s screams during the fight.
The fight resulted in their house being set ablaze.
IVD was said to have escaped with minor burns, but Bimbo suffered severe burns and was rushed to the intensive care unit last night.
A viral video shows her groaning in pain as she was rushed to the hospital.
She was rejected by multiple hospitals before one accepted to treat her.
This comes three years after the domestic abuse she’s been suffering was made public.
In May 2019, Bimbo regained consciousness after she was allegedly beaten to coma by her husband during pregnancy.
She was 8 months pregnant at the time.
Then, on 4 October, 2020, IVD released a video of him reconciling with his wife days after she released an exposé explaining how she suffered domestic violence from him for 19 years.
After that, she returned online at other times to hint at still suffering abuse.
In January 2022, Bimbo declared herself “mentally unstable” and said her life is “being destroyed”.
She also added that she entered into her marriage with “good intention” but she has suffered so much in the union.
She said she has “wanted this marriage to end a long time ago”.
In the January post, she also recalled how she is the only one among the 7 kids her parents had who is not a graduate because she paused her life for IVD.
Bimbo was said to still be a teenager when she and IVD started a family. Friends say she was just 15.
Also, in one of her posts online, Bimbo said IVD had repeatedly pointed his gun at her in the presence of their kids. She said he cheated on her regularly and beat her often too.
Despite speaking about suffering abuse on social media, Bimbo stayed in the marriage.