16-yr-old mother of two stabbed husband to death

16-yr-old mother of 2 stabs husband to
death
on october 21, 2013 at 2:37 am in news
BY DAYO JOHNSON
AKURE— A 16-year-old mother of two, Ebere Ogu,
has allegedly stabbed his 35-year-old husband,
Patrick, to death in Akure, the OndoState capital,
during a fight, and has fled with her children.
Detectives from the criminal Investigation Division
of the state Police Command are presently looking
for her.
Vanguard gathered that the crime was committed
last Thursday at their number 70 Ijapo extension
residence in Akure at 5a.m.
Chinedu, a native of ImoState was a staff of Owena
River Basin Authority, Alagbaka in Akure.
A co-tenant, who gave his name as Kelechi, said:
“Ebere and Patrick frequently engage in fights but
on Thursday, October 17, at 5a.m., the couple began
to fight.
“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. 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.
How he died
“I told Patrick to stop, but I noticed that when he
tried to move away he slumped and that was when I
screamed for help and called other members of the
house.
“When we entered the apartment we realised that
Patrick was already on the floor. So people began to
urge Ebere to lift her husband up. She eventually did
and we saw that the father of two was already
bleeding.
“We were all shocked and most of the people took
to their heels. Ebere escaped with her two kids to an
unknown destination.”
Police image-maker, Wole Ogodo, confirmed the
ugly incident.
Ogodo said: “One Mr. Tuyi, who is the landlord of
the house the couple lived in, reported the incident
to the Police Station on Thursday 17, at 6.45a.m.
Ogodo said that policemen are searching for the
suspected killer, while the corpse of the deceased
had been deposited at the Akure State Specialist
Hospital morgue for autopsy.