Activists Blame Death of ex-NBA President’s Wife, Ranti Daudu, on Domestic Violence

Following the death of Ranti Daudu, the wife of a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Daudu (SAN), of a heart attack, at a hospital, in Kaduna, on Thursday, rights activists, who were close to her, have suggested her death might be a fallout of the long years of domestic violence she had endured.

In a series of tweets, a former Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, Chidi Odinkalu‏, alleged that the deceased endured 28 years of vicious domestic violence.

The tweets read: “Aftr more than 28 yrs of vicious domestic violence, my big sister, Ranti Daudu, died last night in Kaduna. Awful!!!

“Ranti had heart, soul & goodness. She endured torture no one shd live with at the hands of a big man. She’s at rest.

“Ranti Daudu was also the ablest advocate for the human rights of persons with disabilities.”

On her part, a co-convener of the BringBackOurGirls group, Aisha Yesufu‏, revealed that late Ranti disclosed to her in their last conversation that even her children had told her to leave the marriage, due to incessant abuse.

She tweeted:”Oh God! R B Daudu my big Sis. Last we discussed she said even the children had asked her to leave else they wont have respect for her.”

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