Unknown men have brutally murdered a 42 year-old mother of seven,
Mrs. Eunice Elisha, was on Saturday morning murdered by unknown
assailants while evangelizing around Gbazango-West area of Kubwa, a
satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory.
According to a Punch report, Eunice, who was a Deaconess at the
Divine Touch Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Old NEPA
Road, Phase 4, Kubwa, was said to have been cut in the neck and also
stabbed in the stomach.
It was learnt that her killers left her in the pool of her blood
with her bible, megaphone and cellphone. Her husband revealed that she
left the around 5am to preach in the neighbourhood before the shocking
incident.
Her corpse was found by residents who alerted policemen to evacuate
her to the police station where her husband went to identify her.
Speaking to newsmen at their residence, Eunice’ husband, Mr.
Olawale Elisha, who is also a pastor at RCCG, expressed shock over the
death of his wife.
He said, “My wife always goes out early in the morning for
‘Morning Cry’ (evangelism). There was a particular day she went out and
she told me that there is a mosque at the back where they commented
about what she said. So I just cautioned her.
“This morning (Saturday), she went around 5am and I was still
in bed because we did vigil which she participated in for a while
because of the ‘Morning Cry’ she planned to undertake. Two of my boys
are footballers, so they went to the field to play. And when they came
back, they told me that they heard some footballers saying that some
hoodlums had butchered a woman who was preaching early this morning.
“So, when I heard this, we trekked down in the shorts I was
putting on and we didn’t see anybody but we saw blood on the ground. I
asked a policeman around and he said it is true but that they had taken
her to Phase 4 Police Station.
“I went to the station with my children and when we got there, I
saw the lifeless body of my wife at the back of the police van and from
there, she was taken to the mortuary. The incident happened between 5am
and 5:30am because she usually goes out 5am and comes back 6am.”
Elisha who said Eunice was born on July 23, 1974, said they got married in July, 2000.
“My wife was so committed to anything that is of God. She was a
reckless giver to God’s work, she rarely missed any programme in
church. We have seven children,” he stated.
According to him, his wife had no quarrel with anyone that could have warranted her murder, describing her as a martyr.
“I see her as a martyr and she died for Christ. And whether the
people are caught or not, they should forgive them; my prayer is that
if they can accept Christ, that will be a gain to Christ,” the bereaved cleric said.
A lawyer and friend of the Elishas, David Ude-Chukwu, described
Eunice’ murder as hate crime brought about by religious insensitivity,
noting that the constitution allows every Nigerian to practise his
chosen religion.
A senior police officer at the Kubwa Divisional Police Station, confirmed the incident.
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