By Betty Idemudia, Reporting
BENIN CITY- Residents of Imafidon Street, Off Upper Siluko Road, Egor Quarters, Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, were thrown into mourning early hours of Monday, when a 44-year-old man was stabbed to death by his lady-friend in Benin City.
Police identified the woman as Gift Obieriei, 26, mother-of-three, from Ethiope East local Government Area of Delta State.
Stonix News gathered that the deceased, Mr Eghosa Iguodala and the woman, were having extramarital affairs before the incident occurred about 12 noon on Monday, October 24, 2022.
It was learnt that the woman stabbed her lover in the neck and back with a broken bottle when the man allegedly pursued her with a machete on sighting her in another man’s house in his area.
The deceased, Mr Eghosa Iguodala, a commercial bus driver, was married and had four children.
He was said to have bled to death on the spot, while his remains have been evacuated and deposited in a morgue by security operatives.
They were said to have started dating about a month ago.
In a video spotted by Stonix News, the woman, whose right wrists were handcuffed to the back seat of a car, identified herself simply as Gift from Delta State, resident of Uhogua community in Benin City.
The arrested suspect added that the deceased, on seeing her in another person’s residence, attacked her.
“As he saw me with another person, na he come fight me for the person house. I don’t leave in his house, I went to see someone,” she narrated in pidgin.
The Public Relations Officer, Edo State Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor explained that on arrival at the scene of crime, police operatives found the lifeless body of the deceased in the pool of his blood.
“On careful examination of the body, it was discovered that late Eghosa Iguodala was stabbed in his neck and back regions.
“One suspect, Gift Obieriei, 26, was arrested and immediately transferred to Criminal Investigation Department (CID), State Command headquarters, Benin City, for discreet investigation.” SP Chidi stated.
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