Favour Nweke who bath her husband, Ekelediri Nwokekoro with hot oil has been arrested and paraded by men of the State Police Command.
Favour from Obite village in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area, was paraded alongside other suspects at the command’s headquarters on Moscow Road, Port Harcourt, the state capital by the Commissioner of Police, Emeka Nwonyi .
The housewife having realised the enormity of the crime had fled her home on Tuesday but was reportedly picked from her hiding place by a vigilante group and handed over to the police on Thursday morning.
Nweke who was brought in by operatives in handcuffs, kept a straight face, even as she denied the allegation that she had an extramarital affair.
Revealing the reason behind her shocking act she said, “He will go out, at about 2 o’clock in the night and will come back early in the morning.
” Sometimes he would go, and stay two or three days before coming back then I asked him where are you even going?
“So his friend called me and asked if I had heard what was on the ground, I said ‘What is that?’ He said my husband and some people were involved in one illegal act.
” He said they called somebody from Abuja that the person should come and work in Etche, and that they have a contract to give to the person and when the person came they duped the person of N20 million.
“I said he didn’t tell me, that I was hearing this for the first time, I said ‘No wonder this guy has been acting strange, planning on how to travel and go to one African country.’ So this is the reason.
“So when he came back, I grabbed him and said this is what I heard and I confronted him but he refused and we quarrelled.
” We ended it that day. I then asked him what he did with his own share of the money. I heard some people bought land with their own, so what did you use your own to do?
“As we were dragging that issue that morning, he hit me, I ran into the kitchen with that oil and I poured it on him. That was how it happened.”
Pleading for forgiveness, Nweke denied the allegation that she was involved in extramarital affairs. “I feel bad. Had I known that this thing would turn out like this I would not have done it to him. I will just go to my place and stay. I am begging Nigerians, you people should forgive me.
Speaking to the Press, CP Nwonyi said the long arm of the law would always catch up with anyone no matter how far they run.
“(She) used hot groundnut oil on the husband may be for whatever domestic issue they have. You can run but you cannot hide, so I can assure you that the person has been arrested and is here with us. The law will catch up with anybody and do the necessary sanctions because if you do anyhow, you see anyhow,” CP Nwonyi said.
Her husband Ekelediri Nwokekoro from Okehi in Etche Local Government Area of the state is covered in blisters but manages to utter a few words.
“This is the challenge I face this period, it is an accident and I didn’t know it will occur this way,” Nwokekoro managed to mutter.
Other suspects arrested on suspicion of cultism, case snatching, and robbery, were also paraded alongside Mrs Nweke, while recovered weapons were displayed by the police as well
