It was gory sight
yesterday in Mgboshiminu community in
Obio/Akpor Local Government of Rivers
State as Charity Ovudah, 36, allegedly stabbed
her husband to death after first poisoning his
food.
The alleged murder said to have taken place
in the night before was reportedly provoked
by the deceased, Peter Ovudah’s attempt to
bring a second wife into the matrimonial
home he had shared with the alleged killer.
A family source said the decease had already
concluded plans to bring the new wife, who
was pregnant, into the family houset before
Charity’s fatal reaction.
Mrs. Igbokwe Onyeka, a neighbour to the
Ovudahs revealed that; “The family had been
quarreling over the issue of a second wife but
no one anticipated that Charity would be so
angered killed her husband.
A 19-year-old housemaid to the Ovudahs,
who gave her name as simply Loveth said she
witnessed how Ovudah died, saying she first
noticed that Charity added something to her
husband’s food that fateful night.
she said: “I was the one who served the food
for my aunt’s husband but my aunt added
something that looked like salt and mixed it
together.
“So when Oga came back and started eating I
was monitoring him. After about 30 minutes
he started behaving strange and fell off the
dining chair, rolling on the floor and shouting
for help.
“That was when my aunt came and stabbed
him till he gave up”, she said.
The suspected killer was said to have
disappeared the moment the housemaid
alerted neighbours of her action, but the
remains of the deceased has been deposited
at the BraithwaiteMemorialHospital
mortuary in Port Harcourt. Source:www.vanguardngr.com/2013/03/wife-poisons-stabs-husband-to-death-over-second-wife/