EKPOMA- Wife of the pastor of House of Testimony, a Pentecostal church located along Idumebo Road in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State, Pastor (Mrs) Obehi Irabor has been shot dead by gunmen in the town.
The victim was shot at close range at her residence in Ihumudu Quarters in the presence of her husband, Pastor Ose Irabor at about 11:00pm.
She was shot from the back by two gunmen who attacked her while padlocking the gate to their apartment to return to their church all-night programme. She had returned home to change her clothes.
The death of the mother of a nine months old baby has thrown the family and church into bewilderment, as the husband and relatives struggle to fathom the cause of the suspected assassination.
Oblivious of the fate that awaited her at home, late Mrs. Irabor had requested her husband to drive her home just before the commencement of the all-night programme, to change her clothes which had zip problem.
She had made the request because her pastor husband had told her he was going to pick his brother few streets from their home, to the church all-night service. Like using a stone to kill two birds, the pastor husband obliged.
Mrs. Irabor had successfully changed into other clothes and was padlocking the gate to her apartment when the unthinkable happened. Two armed men emerged from the blues, and one of them pointed a gun at her and shot her at her back, killing her instantly.
The pastor husband, who was already inside the car, rushed out, while her killers hurried away, but was too late.
The police were immediately contacted and they arrived to evacuate the corpse to the morgue. As at the time of this report, the police were yet to make any arrest.
