Man goes into hiding after he allegedly macheted to death his pregnant fiancée and her daughter, police recover corpses
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
A certain Wealth Nnamdi has gone into hiding after allegedly killing his pregnant fiancée Osasu Isaac and her daughter called Miracle with a machete following a disagreement at their home on Idiangbona Street, Ovbiogoe Community, Benin City.
A neighbour of the couple who did not want to be named recounted that Nnamdi and Osasu had a disagreement on March 16 which unintentionally her life and that of her daughter. Police discover the corpses days later.
“Osasu Isaac, known as Mama Halleluyah, a petty trader and Wealth Nnamdi from Imo State had been together for over three years,” the source disclosed.
“In fact, the man moved in with the deceased with her daughter from a previous marriage. The deceased, who was pregnant, unfortunately, was killed alongside her daughter by the same man she was supposed to wed in a few days.
“The traditional wedding was fixed for March 29 while the church wedding was scheduled for April 6.
“They engaged in a shouting bout on Sunday but the neighbours were not bothered because it was a usual occurrence.
“It seems the argument escalated to a point that the man killed his pregnant wife-to-be and the daughter in the room, locked them up and escaped. So, when a foul smell started coming out of the room, the police were called.”
Edo Police Command Public Relations Officer Moses Yamu confirmed the incident, saying investigation is already underway.
Said Yamu: “The Edo State Police Command has since commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of a woman popularly known as ‘Mama Hallelujah’ and her three three-year-old daughter named Miracle.
“On March 18, 2025, at about 20:30hrs, the Ekiadolor Division received a report from a concerned neighbour of the deceased that he was perceiving an offensive odour from his neighbour’s room located at Idiangbona Street of Ovbiogoe Community.
“On the strength of the report, the DPO Ekiadolor led operatives to the area where the room where the odour was emanating from was identified but discovered to be locked from the outside.
“The room was forced open, only for them to discover the already decomposing bodies of the woman with an injury that appeared to be a machete cut on her head and her baby on the bed.
“During preliminary investigation, all fingers pointed at her live-in lover, simply identified as Wealth Nnamdi, whose wedding with the deceased mother of one was set for 29/03/2025.”
Yamu added that the suspect has gone underground since the discovery but the command is doing everything possible to find and arrest him
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