The woman identified as Yvonne Omoarebokhae has been found dead in a
hotel in Delta State owned by a former lawmaker in the Edo State House
of Assembly, The Nation reports.
She was said to have lodged in the hotel with a Lagos based Pastor
whose name was given as Apostle Psalm Okpe of the Fresh Oil Ministry.
Husband of the deceased, Odion, said his wife met Apostle Psalm on
Facebook and after several months of chatting, his late wife was invited
last week Thursday by the Pastor to perform in Warri, Delta State.
Odion said Apostle Psalm claimed to have programmes in Warri, Asaba and Benin City where his wife was to perform.
He said his wife called him at about 10am last Friday that she would be home soon.
The physically peeved husband said: “At about 9:30pm, the police used my wife phone to call and invited me to report at the Airport Road police station.
“I waited for more than two hours at the police station until
the police asked me to go home, but I insisted on knowing the
whereabouts of my wife.”
“The DPO later told me that my wife was picked at an hotel in
the GRA and rushed to the Benin Central hospital where she was confirmed
dead.”
“I am yet to see the corpse of my wife to know what happened
and who is responsible for her death. We have a three-year old baby at
home.”
However, it was learned that the pastor has been arrested and helping police with the investigation.
State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, confirmed the death of the woman and said the matter was under investigation.
Ezike said a post mortem examination will confirm the cause of death.
His words, “It is under investigation. The man is married and
the woman is married. Not until a post mortem is conducted, we cannot
conclude what happened. I have asked the matter to be transferred to the
State CID.”
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