…begin manhunt for alleged killer husband
Edo State Police Command has confirmed that its operatives evacuated the remains of a pregnant woman murdered by her husband in Benin City.
The woman, Osaretin Adun, 25, was killed at Egba, Benin City, where she lived with her husband. They were expecting their fourth child when the husband allegedly stabbed her to death with a knife.
The police said the killer husband, identified simply as Mr. Inuaghata, fled the crime scene before they arrived.
Father of the murdered woman, Mr Samuel Adun, was said to have reported the unfortunate incident at a police station in the neighbourhood.
A serious manhunt has be launched after the fleeing abusive husband, the police said. Investigators at the homicide section of the Edo State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) are said to have taken over the case.
This emerged as the Edo State First Lady, Mrs. Betsy Obaseki, stepped up campaign against spousal abuse in the state.
Mrs. Obaseki spoke beside a hospital bed of one Mrs. Tina Okhiria, who is recovering from amputation of her left hand after being shot by her abusive husband, Mr. Jason Okhiria, now in police custody in Benin City.
The First Lady urged members of the public to approach the state Ministry of Social Development and Gender Issues over issues of spousal battery, as no individual regardless of status or influence has the right to abuse their spouse.
Mrs. Obaseki said marriage ought to be a source of happiness and fulfillment, not a prison sentence.
Meanwhile, the Police Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, told our crime correspondent in Benin City at the weekend that on the 24th May 2023, at about 1700hrs, one Samuel Adun of Avbiama Community, Benin City, came to the station and reported that he received a telephone call that his daughter named Osaretin Adun, aged 25, was killed by her husband named Inuaghata, surname unknown.
“Meanwhile, the DPO and his operatives visited the scene, took photographs and evacuated the corpse to mortuary,” SP Nwabuzor stated.
The father of the slain woman, Mr. Adun has pledged to offer N100,000.00 to anyone with information that would lead to the arrest of his fleeing son-in-law.
“I hail from Orhionmwon local government. My daughter was killed by her husband. She was 25 years old,” Mr. Adun said.
“The incident happened at Egba on the 24th of last month. I do not understand the problem they have. I was called that my daughter has been killed.
“He used knife to slit her throat. My daughter was pregnant when she was killed. I want the boy arrested.
“I will give anybody that gives information leading to his arrest the sum of N100,000.
“The boy had not formally married my daughter. His parents are both dead. I have called his brother. He ran away after killing my daughter. His name is Inuaghata,” he said.
