killed in Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State while she was
reportedly trying to steal some food crops in a farm near her house at
midnight.
The woman was alleged to be sleeping on the same bed with her husband,
Mgbebu till midnight when she left to ease herself outside but
reportedly went to farm at Igbudu Community to harvest some food crops
and was killed by her assailant.
In a neighbouring Imo State, one Madam Rose Chibuike was also said to
have narrowly escaped being beheaded by an attacker along a lonely
road at Umezeala, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state by a
machete-wielding man.
Investigations revealed that Madam Chibuike, who runs a pepper-soup
joint in Umuezeala, is a native of Ikperejere, Ihitte Uboma Local
Government Area of the state.
However, narrating how his pregnant wife was murdered, the deceased's
husband, Mr. Nwangwu said: "My wife got up around 12 midnight and
left the house. She said she was going to ease herself. As she did not
come back after some time, I became panicky and went looking for her
but to no avail. For the fact that she was nearing delivery, I
increased my search for my wife.
"I took a short cut and it paid off. The footpath shortened my search
as I suddenly met the lifeless corpse of my wife, lying face down on
the ground with the pregnancy.
''When I saw the lifeless body of my wife I raised an alarm which
attracted other villagers to the scene; who then alerted the police
before we made a random search for her killer. In the process, I
learnt that the villagers traced spills of blood to a nearby cassava
farm where it was suspected that the woman met her waterloo."
However, when the deceased body which was lying face down was later
turned, a deep wound was discovered around her abdomen as the body was
still oozing out blood.''
Contacted, Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy
Superintendent Sylvester Igbo, confirmed the story, adding that
investigation had commenced to ascertain the circumstances behind the
murder.
Also narrating her ordeal to journalists from her hospital bed, Madam
Chibuike who espcaped from her assailant said: "There is every reason
to believe that my attacker wanted to behead me on that lonely road."
According to the lucky woman, she instinctively raised her left hand
in self defence when she realised that her life was in danger, adding
that her attacker ended up cutting off her hand.
She said that she was returning from her landlord's house when she was
ambushed on the lonely road by the man who she identified as her
customer and a native of Umunakanu (names withheld).