A six-month old pregnant woman
whose name was given as Mrs.
Ikhuoria has been allegedly
stabbed to death by her neighbour
over N1, 000. The deceased was said to have
gone to demand from her
neighbour identified as Mama
Emmanuel to pay back the N1000
loaned to her. The owner of the house located at
Iyamu Street, off Textile Mill Road,
Benin City, Edo State, where the
incident occurred, Mrs. M.
Okpojie, said she was working at
the back of the house when she heard shouting from the house. Okpojie said she found the
deceased bleeding and rushed her
to a private hospital where doctors
referred her to another hospital.
Advertisement “I was working at the back of the
house when I heard shouting. I
rushed the victim to a private
hospital when I saw the way she
was bleeding. Doctor said it was
an internal bleeding and I should take her away so I called the
husband to come.”
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Obaseki Husband of the victim, Ediale
Ikhuoria, said, “My wife borrowed
the attacker N1,000 and when she
demanded for the money, Mama
Emmanuel stabbed her. She killed
my wife. My wife was six months pregnant. She died on Monday
morning.” The state’s police spokesman,
Osifo Abiodun, said he was yet to
be briefed on the incident.
