#WithChude

Peace Lotus says she was with Bimbo the late wife of popular car seller, IK “IVD” Ogbonna on the day when she was set on fire - leading to her death. 

She shared the exclusive videos to the blogs that went viral and called the attention of the public to the plight of her friend. 

For the first time ever, she tells me the story of what she saw and experienced on that terrible day. 

She says she saw Bimbo after she was set on fire and then she drove Bimbo - with her body incinerated - from her home to four hospitals across Lagos, begging for them to accept her. They all rejected her until the Gbagada Hospital finally accepted her. 

She drove for over 9 hours, she says, while the husband insisted on leaving his wife and escaping, and then threatened to assault Peace if she didn’t stop trying to help his wife. All the while, Bimbo kept begging her husband: “Please say the truth” and begging her friend: “Please don’t leave me. Please don’t let me die.”

Bimbo sadly passed a few days after - leaving behind 5 children and after 16 years of marriage to her husband. 

The case was taken to court shortly after and IK remains innocent until proven otherwise. 

But as the case finally comes up for a new hearing after more than a year of no update, Peace says there is no sign her late friend is going to get justice anytime soon. 

The story she tells is a horrible one.