Thirty-five-year-old Chinedu Patrick Ogu has allegedly been stabbed to death by his teenage wife, Ebere Ogu, during a brawl in their home in Akure, the Ondo State capital.
The residence of Ijapo extension in Akure woke up to the shocking reality that the 16-year-old mother of two had killed her husband during a fight in the wee hours of October 17, 2013.
It was gathered that the couple, who reside at 78, Ijapo extension, Akure, were known to always engage in fight before the unfortunate incident that claimed the life of Ogu, who hails from Imo State.
It was gathered that Ebere, who allegedly stabbed her husband, who is a staff of Owena River Basin Authority, Alagbaka in Akure to death, is on the run.
It was gathered that Ebere had escaped with their two children as soon as she realised that Ogu had given up the ghost.
An eyewitness, who is also a co-tenant with the couple, said: “Ebere and Patrick frequently engage in fights but on Thursday 17 October at about 5am, the couple began to fight.”
The eyewitness, who requested for anonymity, added: “Most times, they engage in such fights I go there to settle it but on this fateful morning when I got into their room, I saw Ebere holding a knife against her husband so I pleaded with her to drop the knife and pleaded with Patrick not to beat his wife.
“At the first attempt, I succeeded in separating them so Ebere dropped the knife she was holding but as soon as Patrick saw that his wife had dropped the knife, he seized the opportunity to pounce on her and gave her another beating.
“I immediately urged Patrick to stop but I noticed that when he tried to move away he slumped.
“That was when I screamed for help and called other members of the house.
“When we entered into the apartment. we realised that Patrick was already on the floor so people began to urge Ebere to lift her husband up, which she eventually did, and we saw that the father of two was already bleeding.
“The people there were shocked and most of them took to their heels, which gave Ebere the opportunity to escape with her two kids to an unknown destination.”
According to sources, the incident was reported to the nearest police station and it was gathered that some good samaritans swung into action with the police to trace the teenage mother of two to no avail.
Confirming the incident, the Ondo State Command Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Wole Ogodo, said: “One Mr. Tuyi, who is the landlord of the house that the couple reside, had reported the incident to the Police Station on Thursday, October 17 at about 6.45am.
“Mr. Tuyi said he received a call from his place of work at Reconciliation Bible Church Ijapo Estate at about 4am that one of his tenants and his wife (Patrick and Ebere) were fighting.”
He further stated that by the time he got home he found Patrick dead as a result of the injury inflicted on him with a knife on his stomach by his wife.
Ogodo said policemen swung into action and visited the scene of the crime and had gone to deposit the body at the Akure State Specialist Hospital morgue for autopsy.
He noted that the case is still under investigation while the police are still searching for the culprit.
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