How My Pregnant Sister Was Murdered By Husband Eight Months After Marriage – Woman
Mrs Ugiagbe Iziegbe, the elder sister of Success Izekor, who was allegedly killed by her husband, Kelvin Izekor, in Edo State, has narrated the circumstances that led to her sister’s death.
The couple, who married eight months ago, according to the sister, often had fights with the husband, allegedly fond of beating his wife.
She added that the dead wife was four months pregnant when the incident happened.
The sister said the victim usually came back to her family whenever the husband beat her, adding that Kelvin and his mother would beg her sister to return home.
Narrating how her sister was killed in an interview with The Punch, Iziegbe said, “Kelvin always beat my sister. Sometimes, my sister would come to my house to save herself from further beating but Kelvin and her mother would beg my sister to return home, saying that her husband would die if he didn’t see her. Because my sister had a good heart and never wanted to see anyone in pain, she would prevail on me to allow her to return to her matrimonial home and that her husband needed her.
“Last Wednesday around 8pm, my sister called me and asked if I was at home; I told her I was at home, and she said she would come to my house. So, I left my apartment, sat outside, and started working on my phone. At a point, she called me again and said she was no longer coming to my place. I asked if her husband had beaten her again, but she told me to lock my gate and go to bed.
“Then I called her on Friday night, and we talked about my daughter, and I could sense she was happy. As sisters, we talked a lot and shared experiences. She told me she would speak with me whenever she got home in the evening. That same night, she said her husband had started beating her again and that he had locked the gate leading to their apartment. She said if she escaped, she would come to my house. So, I told her I would be waiting, but I slept off.
“On Sunday morning, my father called me and said that Kelvin’s mother had come to his house on Saturday to tell him they couldn’t find my sister. He instructed me to go and look for her, and I told him all the effort I made on Saturday to see her but all to no avail. I told my father to give me Kelvin’s mother’s phone number, but he said he didn’t save it.
“So, I went to her house with a few of my friends and we still met the main gate locked. At about 8pm on Sunday, my daughter called me and said she heard from the market that my sister was dead. She (my daughter) told me to confirm if it was true. She told me that she heard that her husband killed her in the apartment they were living at Upper Mission Extension.
“While I was still telling her to send me the number of the person who gave her the news, I got a call confirming that her husband had killed her. While wondering what could have happened, three people called and gave me the same sad message. Then I called my sister’s phone, it was ringing but no one took the call, while Kelvin’s phone was switched off”.
Asked what her family did when the victim’s husband started beating her, the sister said, “I was the only one in my family who confronted my late sister’s husband when we heard that he was beating her. From time to time, I went there with my friends and took my sister from the house, but Kelvin’s mother would call my sister, begging and crying that she should return home. Based on that, my sister would return home”.
The sister said the case has been transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department at the Edo State Police Command with her sister’s corpse deposited at Our Clinic Mortuary.
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Olamilekan Adigun is a graduate of Mass Communication with years of experience in journalism embedded in uncovering human interest stories. He also prioritises accuracy and factual reportage of issues.
