A widowed mother of four in Egwudunagu village, was allegedly raped to death by a 40 year old man.
A 34 year old mother of 4, Mrs Ogodo Egede, in Egwudunagu village
of Ebonyi State, was allegedly raped to death by Alex Nwabu, 40
The suspect raped the deceased in her residence at night and was
said to have been having constant affair with the widow with a threat to
kill her if she dared disclose it to anyone.
The poor widow, who depended on artisan work to cater for her
children, was seen with bruises all over her motionless body following
the incident.
A family source said that when the suspect continued the act, the
widow’s daughter, a 13-year-old girl was forced by Nwabu to leave the
house for threatening to expose him.
The family source added:
"The girl ran to her grandparents in the night because Nwabu
threatened to kill her. She came to greet her mother in the morning only
to see that she was dead and was covered with a wrapper.
"The girl went and informed the grandfather that her mother is dead. She had reported Nwabu’s action to her grandfather."
The youths of the area then mobilised a search party for the
suspect on hearing his alleged action and later found him in his
father’s compound. On interrogation, he admitted committing the crime.
Nwabu said, “Mrs. Ogodo was owing me N1, 500 and when I visited
her for the payment she refused. I actually asked her for sex and she
also refused. I later used force on her and I did not know she will die
because I didn’t want to kill her.
But she struggled with me which annoyed me and I beat her up, I had sex with her for several hours.”
Speaking on the incident, the widow’s father, Chief Ogbonna Ogayi
said his granddaughter ran to him in the night and reported that Nwabu
came to their house and started harassing her mother with a cutlass.