from Abala in Obingwa Local Government
Area of Abia State, has cut off his wife’s left
hand over allegation of infidelity.
The man’s wife, Mrs Nwadiokeonu
Nwachukwu, is now at a hospital in Aba, while
her severed hand had been taken to her
husband’s village at Abala for burial.
The incident happened, Monday, at Ogbor Hill
Area of Aba, where the woman had lived for
years, while the husband lived at their Abala
village.
A female co-tenant of Mrs Nwachukwu, who
craved anonymity, told Vanguard that the
couple had lived in the city for years before
the husband lost his job and had to relocate
to the village, leaving his wife, a trader, in the
city.
She said: “The couple had always quarrelled
any time the man visited his wife in the city,
to the extent that all the tenants are aware
and intervened in their quarrels.”
The man was said to have visited the wife on
the day and during their usual quarrel,
brought out a machete, cut off the wife’s
hand and left with it to thevillage, while
neighbours rushed her to the hospital.
It was gathered that Mr. Nwachukwu’s
intention was to kill his wife with the machete
but missed the target as the woman was said
to have used the severed hand to defend
herself.
The suspected lover of the woman is said to
be on the run, while her landlord reported the
incident to a police station close to the
hospital along Ogbor Hill, where the woman is
currently on admission.
Area Commander, Aba Police Command, Mr.
Peter Wabara, in a response to a text
message, said the incident was yet to be
reported to him.
However, a police officer at Ogbor Hill Police
Station, confirmed the incident and said
investigation into the matter had commenced.
