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       Father Of 5 Kills Wife After Losing Job To Okada Ban In Anambra 
       By: Dmill Date: August 2, 2018, 7:41 pm
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       A 34-year-old commercial motorcycle operator, James Nworah, has
       allegedly killed his wife, Jennifer, at Nkpor in the Idemili
       North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
       The tragedy, Southern City News gathered, happened on Wednesday
       at their residence at No 2 Umudioka Street, Ngbuka.
       A resident of the area, Emeke Okafor, told our correspondent on
       Thursday that the suspect, a native of Izzi in Abakaliki, Ebonyi
       State, allegedly became mentally unstable after the Anambra
       State Government banned okada operations in the area.
       Okafor said, “The suspect, a father of five children, was among
       the okada operators whose means of livelihood was affected as a
       result of the recent ban on commercial motorcycle operation in
       the area.
       “Since then he has been demonstrating aggression and continually
       threatening to kill anybody who dared provoke him. About a week
       ago, his late wife told some people that her husband had been
       aggressive to members of the family, saying that he would avenge
       the anger of the okada ban on any of them.”
       He said the 30-year-old woman, who was a food vendor, had been
       living peacefully with her husband until lately.
       “The wife and her children had gone to bed at about 2am after
       preparing the pap they would sell at dawn when the husband
       suddenly came in and hit her on the head with a pestle,” he
       added.
       When Southern City News visited the place on Thursday,
       sympathisers were seen discussing the incident.
       It was gathered that the suspect had called one of his brothers
       to inform him that he had killed his wife before he was
       arrested.
       Reacting to the development, the Chairman of Nigerian Red Cross
       Society, Idemili North chapter, Mr Uchenna Tagbo, decried the
       rate of aggression in society.
       Tagbo counselled members of the public to be prayerful and to
       reorder their priorities.
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       The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr Haruna
       Mohammed, confirmed the incident.
       He said the suspect had been arrested, adding that he would be
       charged to court after investigations.
       “The scene of crime was visited by police detectives attached to
       the Ogidi Division and the corpse of the victim had been
       deposited at the Iyienu Mortuary for autopsy after it was
       certified dead by a medical doctor,” he said.
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