Man Arrested After Raping Pastor’s Pregnant Wife to Death
The River State Police Command operatives have put behind bars a man known as Emeka for reportedly raping, Mrs Chigbewejim Steard, the wife of a cleric to her demise. Emeka was apprehended by men of Ahoada Divisional Police headquarters following state command.
Emeka is believed to be the mastermind of the gang rape of Mrs Steward. The latter is a mother of two children back on 12th February 2023 in Abarikpo. Lawyer Steward, an assistant Pastor of Seventh Day Adventist Church, confirmed that the suspect was arrested.
Steward shared that the suspect was arrested fifteen months after masterminding the rape and murder of his wife asserting that Emeka had argued with his wife prior to the bizarre incident.
He shared: “Yes Mr. Emeka, he is the mastermind of the death of my wife. After having a quarrel with my wife that morning, he claimed that my wife called him a wicked man.
“He told my wife you called me wicked man? You will see wickedness today. Around 1 am on Sunday morning, 12th February 2023, those bad boys came to my house, broke the door, and took my wife away.
“They raped her, my wife was 5 months pregnant and they strangled her to death. Emeka, Police arrested him last week Thursday. Now he is in Police custody. I have gone there to give a statement. I want the Government to intervene so that justice will prevail.”
Last year, Steward shared with the press that his wife had been abducted by Iceland cult members from his abode and dragged to their den and gang raped to her last breath.
He had revealed that his wife’s corpse was spotted by a fishing pond several hours after abduction and bearing bruises on her skin and vaginal bleeding. before her demise, Mrs Chigbewejim Steward had been vocal in condemning cult and criminal activities in the Abarikpo community.
The police command spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, a Police Superintendent couldn’t confirm the report however a senior police officer shared that the two suspects were alongside Emeka.
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