The Delta State Police Command says the pregnant mother of seven, who was arrested for stabbing her husband to death with a knife, has confessed and has given reason for her action.
A statement issued by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, on Friday, April 9, disclosed this.
Police statement;
“On 5/4/2021 at about 1313hrs, one Chief Hon. Macpherson Igbedi of No. 4 Akanaweh Street Off Ekredjebor road Ughelli reported that on the 4/4/2021 at about 2345hrs, at Ohoro town one Blessing Emmanuel ‘f’ age 30 yrs stabbed her husband one Jonathan Otomi Umamode aged 43yrs with knife to death”
“The divisional police officer immediately mobilized detectives to the scene, corpse was removed and deposited at Central Hospital for autopsy. The suspect who was later arrested is a mother of seven and pregnant with her 8th child confessed to the crime.
“She said she angrily stabbed her husband who she claimed does not take care of her and the children. She said she has been taking care of herself and her kids as she sells fried chicken. On that fateful day according to the suspect, her husband came and asked her to go home with him but she refused.
She said the deceased gathered her fried chickens, poured kerosene and set them ablaze. She angrily used the knife in her hand to stab the husband in his heart and ran away. The case is still under investigation.”
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