By Wilson Adekumola
A man identified simply as Inuaghata has reportedly taken to his heels after killing his twenty three-year-old pregnant wife, whose name was given as Osaretin in Edo State.
This was made known by Osaretin’s bereaved father, Samuel Adun, on Friday in Benin, the capital of Edo State, saying he would pay N100,000 to anybody who could provide useful information that would lead to the arrest of his son-in-law.
The father of the deceased disclosed that his daughter had three children for her fleeing husband.
He said: “I hail from Orhionmwon Local Government Area of Edo State.
“My daughter was killed by her husband.
“The incident happened at Egba.
“I do not understand the problem that they had.
“I was called that my daughter had been killed. Her husband used knife to slit her throat.
“My daughter was pregnant when she was killed. I want the young man to be arrested.
“I will give anybody that gives useful information that can lead to the killer’s arrest the sum of N100,000.
“The young man has not formally married my daughter. His parents are late.
“I have called his brother. He ran away, after killing my daughter. His name is Inuaghata.”
It was learnt that the operatives of the the Edo State Police Command had later moved the body of the murdered pregnant woman to the morgue of an undisclosed hospital in the state.
Contacted on Friday evening, the command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor said he had not been briefed by the area’s Divisional Police Officer.
