Sights & Sounds: Family of Slain woman Accuses Husband

                                 Late Mrs Bridget Osawaru

The stories of husbands being held responsible for the death of their wives and vice versa,is nothing new under the sun.Its just that the rate now is alarming.Is it that husbands and wives have lost so much respect for each other and selfishness or greed has taken over love and the fear of God as the foundation on which their marriage was founded?

The story below was culled from one of our national Daily newspaper of a man in Edo state suspected of killing his wife  (the lady pictured above) after her body was discovered close to a river in a community.Find below the tragic story.

It was gathered that prior to her death,Chief Osawaru informed the deceased that another woman had given birth to a set of twins for him, the deceased disagreed with him that, it was not possible since medically it has been proven that he has a low sperm count.

The deceased was said to have insisted that a DNA must be carried out before she would accept the situation.She was alleged to have offered to bank roll the test to be carried out.It was learnt that the woman's husband invited the family of the deceased and his own family for a meeting with a view to find a solution to the matter and it was in that meeting that the younger sister of the husband had an altercation with the deceased and allegedly threatened that the deceased will not see 2014. Following this allegation,and the subsequent death of deceased  Bridget,the family ran to the Edo state Police Command accusing the husband and sister of killing their daughter. 

Consequently,the duo were arrested by detectives at the police command but they denied having a hand in the death of the woman. As a matter of fact,the embattled husband revealed how he coughed out N1.5million to pay ransom in order to save his wife.After investigations,the duo were granted bail.

Now the family of the deceased is crying foul,accusing the police at the command of not carrying out proper investigations.They decided to run to the AIG zone 5 to seek justice.

In  a petition addressed to the AIG zone 5,dated 13th January,2014,signed by their Counsel,F.E Oberabor,they called for proper investigation into the matter so as to ascertain,the real cause of her death.According to the petition,"Their daughter wanted to have more for her husband but was unable to because the husband was confirmed to have low sperm cont by different hospitals..Their daughter informed them that based on that ,she was surprised when the husband informed her that a woman had given birth to twins for him. 

That their daughter insisted that a DNA test must be conducted to verify the paternity of the twins before her husband would be accept them and based on that ,the husband became angry and invitedfamily and his family both the wife's family members for intervention.And when all these were happening,the woman had misunderstanding with the husband's younger sister Adesuwa ,who threatened that she would not live to see 2014. 

That soon after the quarrel,their daughter as allegedly kidnapped in her Chemist shop at Ekae at Sapele Road,Benin city and subsequently found dead at Okhuae Bridge by  Agbor Road,Benin City.That their daughter's husband informed them that he had concluded negotiations with the alleged kidnappers and had given N1.5Million to his younger brother who is a doctor to pay the kidnappers only for their daughter to be found dead on the 21st  December ,2013.

That their daughter's husband and his younger sister,adesuwa hereinafter called the ""suspects"were arrested and released without proper invetsigation and ever since,their daughter's husband has been so unconcerned about their daughter's death by going about his job and has refused to come to the family to inform them about their daughter's death."r 

The Petition said further that ",the main purpose of this letter is to appeal to you to use your good office to transfer this matter to your esteemed office for proper investigation of the matter and order the arrest of the suspects who are not ghosts but physical beings and ensuring that justice is served in this case.The Police at the state Command did not do any investigation despite the overwhelming evidence against the suspects,hence this appeal for the transfer of the case".s

However ,when the accused were contacted,the suspects Chief Osawaru and the sister denied all the allegations and he expressed shock over the accusation from deceased the family after they have enjoyed cordial relationship before the unfortunate incident.
The deceased family is insisting that the police must fish out the killers  and that is the only way the soul of their daughter will rest in peace.