From Emma Elekwa, Onitsha
A man at the weekend allegedly killed his expectant wife at their matrimonial home in Fegge, Onitsha, Anambra State.
The incident reportedly occurred at about 10pm in their apartment at the last floor of a five-storey building at 9, Obosi Street.
The suspect was said to have been given a quit notice in his former apartment by his landlord following the death of his first wife in mysterious circumstances.
A resident of the area, who preferred anonymity, said that the suspect met the deceased at the Onitsha Bridgehead market where she worked as a sales girl.
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He said: “Both of them met at the surgical equipment section of the Onitsha Bridgehead market, where the man sells at one of the lines of the surgical section.
“As the relationship continued, he impregnated her but she later suffered miscarriage under mysterious circumstances.
“The man quickly paid her bride price last December after the girl became pregnant again.”
The source, who alleged that the husband killed the wife for ritual purposes, said he threw her body from the last floor of the five-storey building
“We learnt that he was ejected from where he was formerly living under mysterious circumstances and the same thing has happened again. He is a ritualist,” the source alleged.
The body was reportedly discovered by detectives, who came to the scene with the arrested suspect, following a tip-off.
The Divisional Police Officer, Mr. Rabiu Garba, confirmed the arrest of the suspect.
He said the case had been
transferred to the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigation
Bureau (SCIID) for investigation.
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