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When a Lagos lawyer stabbed her sleeping husband to death at dawn yesterday, ripped his stomach open, sliced off his penis and placed it in his right hand, everybody wondered why an accomplished legal practitioner would commit such blood-curdling murder.

The couple got married after the deceased divorced his first wife, who had a daughter for him. The child is schooling in the UK.

NewsmakersNG’s investigation today has revealed the challenges that the 3-year-old childless marriage of 47-year-old Mrs Udeme Otike-Odibi and 50-year-old Mr Symphorosa Otike-Odibi had been facing for over a year.

Detectives digging into the murder case found that the couple were living together but far apart.

They also found that Udeme had a plan to bolt after the murder as she had procured a UK Visa a month ago.


Udeme at a hospital with her wedding ring still in place after she had allegedly murdered her husband.
The police have obtained her statement and seized her passport today. They have also revisited the crime scene today to conduct further search in the house, following the directives of the Lagos State commissioner of police, Mr Imohimi Edgal, who had involved Crime Scene Detectives from the homicide section of the SCIID and Forensic experts in the investigation.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Mrs Yetunde Longe, who is handling the investigation told NewsmakersNG that there had been reports of domestic violence and the couple were not talking to each other for a long time, even though they were living under the same roof at Diamond Estate, in Sangotedo area of Ajah, in Lagos.

A neighbour had told the police yesterday that Symphorosa called him on phone in the night before he was murdered, complaining that the wife was threatening to kill him with a knife. The said neighbour, however, warned him to be careful. The deceased also called his mother and his younger sister complaining of threat to his life that night.

The wife, who is from Akwa Ibom State, is a well trained lawyer like her husband who allegedly hailed from Delta State.

Udeme’s LinkedIn profile also revealed that she is not just a brilliant lawyer, but a financial guru, who had worked in banks, the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) and had been a player in the Oil & Gas industry.

But investigations showed that she has not been happy in her marriage and had been actively trying for a child.

NewsmakersNG learnt that the scar on her belle is a testimony to a fibroid operation she had some time ago.

Udeme has indicated on her LinkedIn page that children are uppermost among the three causes she cares about. The others are education and poverty alleviation.

Cool, calm, and collected, according to some of her friends, Udeme’s mind allegedly snapped when she suspected that her husband was having an affair.

As the relationship began to drift apart, Udeme allegedly turned into a virtual recluse, and nobody suspected that the still water was running deep.

NewsmakersNG today visited the couple’s law firm, Johnson Bryant, at 3, Oyewo Close, off Kudirat Abiola Way, in Ikeja where a condolence register has been opened, but the place was deserted save for the presence of a few staff members who were still too shocked to speak much.
It was however revealed that...http://www.newsmakersng.com/2018/05/04/exclusive-why-brilliant-lagos-lawyer-dulled-her-pains-with-hubbys-bloody-murder/

so one ipob woman took down one of our beloved brother
wehdone dont worry a reprisal is on it's way

She's one helluva bîtch...

Never make light of a scorned woman

She'll just disconnect your kingliness like pawpaw

Ibo too like money......Haba! Brutal Okoro woman!

You are calling someone that committed a murder "a brilliant" lawyer right?
If she is suffering abuse why can't she walk out of the marriage

DynasTee:
You are calling someone that committed a murder "a brilliant" lawyer right?

If she is suffering abuse why can't she walk out of the marriage

Me self i weak, what a contradiction. Someone that is supposedly brilliant, couldn't manage anger, or use mediation. In civil law mediation is a tool used in dispute resolution. I personally do not know where the word brilliance here fits in here.

IgboBasthard:
Ibo too like money......Haba! Brutal Okoro woman!

your brain is just empty. What makes her igbo? Go n read n comprehend.