A cheating Nigerian-born GP
who led a double life with two
women for seven years and
promised to marry both of them
one month apart hanged
himself when his secret was
exposed, an inquest heard.
Dr Festus Ojagbemi, 49, known
as ‘Wally’, who had a surgery in
Strood, Kent, lived with long-
term partner Jackie Hammond
in the week and lover Bamidele
Ayeni on weekends - for seven
years.
He fathered a child with Miss
Ayeni - a popular Nigerian singer
known as Dele Achiever and said he
would wed them both, while
racking up thousands of pounds
worth of debt taking them on
holidays.
But when the secret was
discovered by Miss Hammond
he stabbed himself twice in the
chest at his surgery, St Mary’s
Medical Centre, the inquest was
told. But he survived that
attempt on his life.
While recovering in hospital he
told police and both women he
was attacked by a stranger. But
he eventually confessed the
truth to officers - only to take his
own life four days later on
February 12.
Miss Hammond later found him
at the detached house they
shared in Hempstead, Kent. A
note signed with his nickname
was on the TV cabinet near
where he was found in the
conservatory.
The cost of leading the double
life emerged after his death, the
inquest in Maidstone, Kent,
heard. Miss Hammond said a
credit card firm phoned after he
died, claiming he owed them
£10,000.
She said: ‘I started phoning and
everyone told me how much he
owed them. By the time we got
to the 10th or 11th, the bill was
huge. We just couldn’t get our
heads around it.
‘I work, I get paid, so we don’t
talk about finances. If we go on
holiday he would be the one
that pays.’
The couple had planned their
wedding for this May after
almost 20 years together.
Miss Hammond said he killed
himself because he felt guilty
after the double life was
uncovered, adding: ‘He just
wanted me to notice he was
hurting because of what he had
done to me.’
Miss Ayeni did not appear at the
inquest but the hearing was told
of evidence she gave to police.
She claimed Dr Ojagbemi
proposed last October and that
they were planning a wedding in
April.
They had a child, he rented a
flat for them, visited on
weekends and they would talk
six or seven times a day, she
said.
Miss Ayeni, who sings Juju and
pop music, said she knew about
the other partner, but he told
her he ‘did not love her any
more’. She told officers: ‘I would
call him “baby” because he was
my baby. I would also call him
my "husband".
‘He’s intelligent, loving, caring, he
buys me lots of things. Why
would he do this to himself?
Wally told me not to give anyone
the news that we were getting
married in April because
everyone would go on about it.’
The court heard how the doctor,
who also had two other children
to two other women, had been
off sick from work since
December 2011, suffering from
high blood pressure and vertigo.
The inquest was also told he had
called Miss Ayeni on the day he
died to tell her he loved her -
and even discussed a wedding
photographer with Miss
Hammond on the morning he
killed himself.
Recording a verdict of suicide,
assistant deputy coroner Gail
Elliman, said: ‘I am satisfied Dr
Ojagbemi took his own life. I
won’t go into any speculation
about the reasons for doing so.’
Culled from Daily Mail
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Sunday, October 7, 2012
Cheating Nigerian doctor commits suicide after double life is exposed
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