A
lecturer in the Theatre Arts Department of the College of Education Oju in
Benue state, Godwin Abuul, has been allegedly murdered by his wife, name
withheld, in connivance with her siblings over alleged extra marital affairs.
According
to a family source who craved anonymity, the deceased two weeks ago went
missing in Gboko after returning from Oju where he lectured at the state owned
College of Education.
Narrating
the story he said, “Goddy used to lecture at the College of Education in Oju.
He travels weekly from here in Gboko to Oju to lecture after which he returns
to Gboko to spend his weekend with his wife and two children.
“Unfortunately,
two weeks ago he returned from Oju and said he was traveling to Katsina/Ala on
a private visit, that was the last we heard of him.
“His
disappearance was reported to the Police who since then have been combing the
entire state in search of his whereabouts. “Luckily, just two days ago, the
cloth he wore the last day anybody saw him was found with a young man who was
immediately arrested by the Police in Gboko.
“Upon
interrogation the young man confessed to the Police how the missing lecturer
was allegedly killed by his wife in connivance with her siblings.
“His
confession triggered the arrest of several persons including the wife of the
deceased and mother of his two children and all those mentioned in the saga, by
the Police in Gboko, though the matter has been transferred to the Command
Headquarters in Makurdi for further investigations.”
Continuing,
the source said, “already his wife has confessed all she knew about the matter
to the Police. We learned that she alleged that her brothers beat her husband
up because he was involved in extra marital affairs, but not with the intention
to kill him.
“After
killing him, they allegedly dumped his body in River Katsina/Ala and also went
ahead to sell his Honda car to an innocent buyer for the sum of N650,000 and of
that sum, the wife of the murdered lecturer was given the sum of N400, 000 as
her share of the proceed.”
“As
I speak with you, the Police and local divers are still combing River
Katsina/Ala to locate the remains of the Goddy (the deceased) but we very much
doubt if his remains would be seen because the fishes must have feasted on it.”
When
contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent,
ASP, Moses Yamu who confirmed the incident said he was yet to get full details
of the matter.
Yamu
said, “yes I know of the matter but I’m yet to get the full details of the
matter from the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, because the suspects are yet to
arrive Makurdi.
At
this moment I cannot confirm that the wife of the deceased was behind his
murder until the details are made available to me.”
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