A 45-year-old man, simply identified as Christopher, has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death over her refusal to give him N2000 at their home located at No. 1, Agbontaen Street beside Ebvareke Secondary School, off Agboniro Street, Uselu, Benin, Edo State capital.
Augustine, who is the eldest child of the couple, explained that his father, who is a chainsmoker and drunk, physically assaults his mom, a fashion items dealer, at the slightest provocation.
According to Augustine, on the day of the incident which took place on Saturday, June 26, his father called their mother on phone to request for N2,000 loan. However, following her failure to send the money, he pounced on her when he returned home.
He said,
“Following the call, my father came home at about 9pm and started beating her and accused her of always embarrassing him each time he requested for money.
After the beating, I tried to give my mother paracetamol and water she asked for when my father took the water and drug from me and threw them away.
It was after then she went out to pour water on her body and later lied down outside. My father locked us (children) inside the room and went out to pounce on her again where she was lying down outisde, already weak from the initial beating.
That was when neighbours came and rushed her to two different hospitals where she was pronounced dead on arrival.”
