Mrs. Monica Nwakpuke, a middle-aged woman, barely escaped the cold hands
of death when her husband, Paul, allegedly hired assassins to set her
ablaze for giving birth to only female children for him.
The
culprit, Paul, a patent medicine dealer, who hails from Ebonyi State,
was alleged to have hired assassins to kill his wife because she could
not give him a male child. The assassins were said to have trailed the
woman to her father’s house where she was taking refuge over the
lingering case of the male child issue, with the purported plan by her
husband to eliminating her.
“Three men laid ambush for Monica in
the night waiting for her when she came out to use the toilet and when
she eventually came out that night, the attackers rushed and grabbed her
while one of them slapped her repeatedly on her face before forcing her
onto a standby motorcycle and sped off.”
The attackers
doused her with fuel, then set her on fire and left before she was taken
to the hospital where she is said to be battling to stay alive.
The
victim’s younger brother, Mr. Sunday Nwigbo, said for the past 12 years
when Paul impregnated Monica when she was a student of Enyi Community
Secondary School in Ikwo, there had been no genuine love between the
husband and wife. Nwigbo disclosed that Paul became furious with his
wife because she only gave birth to female children without a male
child.
Another source said that Monica was brought down from
the motorcycle, stripped and blindfolded after which they poured fuel on
her and set her ablaze. “When they discovered that she had been
severely burnt to the extent that she may not survive it, they abandoned
her and ran from the scene,” the source added.
She is receiving treatment at the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki. The husband is said to be on the run.
Man Sets Wife Ablaze For Giving Birth To Only Female Children [PHOTO]
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