A Nigerian man has appeared in court charged with murdering his wife after the body of a woman was discovered at a house.
Taiwo Abodunde, 41, was pronounced dead at a house on Exning Road in Newmarket, Suffolk, on Tuesday.
Olubunmi Abodunde, 47, of Exning Road, appeared at Suffolk Magistrates’ Court earlier.
A 38-year-old man was also arrested on suspicion of murder but has been released and will face no further action, detectives said.
Abodundee is due before Ipswich Crown Court for another preliminary hearing.
Suffolk Constabulary said it referred the incident to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) following previous police contact at the address.
A police cordon would remain in place on Exning Road and there would be an increased police presence in the area, the force said.
A spokesperson for the IOPC said: “We can confirm we have received a referral from Suffolk Constabulary in relation to this incident and we are carrying out an assessment to determine what further action may be required from us.”
Providing information on the incidence, a Nigerian in the UK, Olunife, said the couple relocated to the UK only this year.
The relationship between the couple broke down a few months into their arrival and settlement in the UK.
When the relationship got worse, the wife allegedly filed for a restraining order against her husband.
In spite of the order, the man allegedly plotted and executed his plan to eliminate the woman.
Olunife wrote:
“A Nigerian man killed his wife in the UK, they relocated this year. She got a restraining order from the police and this man still found a way to kill her, 3 children are left parentless. Mother dead, father heading to a lifetime in prison.”
In a follow-up post, she said the children had been taken over by social services as the extended family of the couple are back in Nigeria.
Friends of the couple are now raising funds via Go-fund-me to enable extended family members to procure visas and enter the United Kingdom to take possession of the couple’s three children.
They have so far realised three thousand pounds sterling of the total target of 10,000 pounds sterling.
