The Operatives of the Nigerian police in Abuja have arrested 38 year old, Matthew Ankoor, for allegedly beating his eight months pregnant wife, Hannah, to death in Lugbe, area of the federal capital territory
According to report made available to Inside Sources Hannah moved in as Mathew’s wife nine years ago and the Marriage has produced three daughters within the said period
Inside Sources gathered that Mathew has been putting pressure on Hannah to give him a male child.
Hannah According to sources have begun moving from one church to another in search of a baby boy. This infuriated Mathew who insisted that she remains a devout member of the Catholic Church which they had always belonged to, but she insisted she was going to go to different churches so she can give birth to a male child.
Sources further disclosed that on the day of the incident, Mathew had instructed his wife Hannah to wash his dirty clothes before he returned from his outing.
The eight months pregnant Hannah, left the house for her ante-natal appointment and on her return in the evening, she was so tired that she decided to postpone the laundry to the next day. When Mathew came back, he was infuriated that Hannah failed to wash his clothes and all attempts to explain to him that she was tired fell on deaf ears and he began to beat her until she gave up her ghost.
The mother of three we gathered was rushed to the hospital where she was confirmed dead.
A neighbor Mrs. Precious Igbokwe, disclosed that Matthew had always made life a living hell for the deceased just because she had girls.
Mrs Igbokwe in her words said “I lived close to their apartment as a single lady for over six years; we were close neighbours. Though they were not married legally as confirmed by Hannah, she was hopeful for the future. She really suffered much in the hands of that beast”
She recalled that when the deceased delivered her last girl, the suspect abandoned them at the hospital and stopped the neighbors from bathing the baby or assisting the mother.
Hannah sources in the area said “In a bid to make life meaningful for herself and children, she engaged in menial jobs in a nearby school, where she sneaked out every morning to clean without the knowledge of her husband, through which she was able to save N10,000 to enable her to set up petty business. Painfully, when she started selling kerosene and some foodstuff, he stopped giving them token for feeding, leaving her to worry about their upkeep.
Narrating his own side of the story, Matthew who is a computer engineer alleged that his wife was the one that started fighting with him.
Mathew said the deceased was suffocating him and that as he pushed her away from himself, she fell on the floor and started shouting “My Chest, My Chest”.
According to him, he helped lift her from the ground to her feet and then she went to seek prayers from their neighbors before he went out to buy recharge card for his mobile phone:
Matthew further said on getting home, he saw his wife on the ground outside their house with neighbors surrounding her praying.
“When I saw her condition, I quickly rushed to the main road to get a taxi to take her to the hospital. Unfortunately, when we got to the hospital, the doctor confirmed she was dead,” he said
He planned to hurriedly take his wife away for burial but the neighbor who followed him to the hospital, raised alarm, informing the doctors on how the deceased died led to his arrest.
