Imo
state Governor, Rocha's Okorocha has met with Pastor Mike Agbahiwe, an indigene
of Orodo in Mbaitoli Local Government of Imo State whose wife was killed in
Kano by Muslim extremist. According to him, his wife Mrs. Bridget Agbahiwe, was
not beheaded but beaten to death.
His
story: "One Muslim man called Dauda came to my wife’s shop and was washing
his leg infront of the shop. My wife told the man to move up a little so that
she could arrange her goods, but the man refused. Instead, the man started to
molest her, and gripped her neck. In trying to free herself from the grip,
Dauda started shouting Alakuba, and angry mob quickly gathered
"When
we saw that danger was about to occur, we ran and took refuge in the house of a
prominent Alhaji, who is a leader in the area. The Alhaji did all he could to
calm the mob down. They refused and called him an infidel, and broke into his
house and killed my wife in front of me. And if not the quick intervention of
the Police who immediately used teargas to disperse them, they would have also
killed me. But they destroyed everything I had both the shop, the car and so
on."
"The
head of my wife was never beheaded. But the hitting was on her head and with
hard objects. The body of my wife is in the mortuary with the head. She was not
beheaded as it was widely reported."
In
his response to the pathetic story, Governor Okorocha described Late Mrs.
Bridget Agbahiwe as a heroine because it took more than one hundred men and
women to bring her down, describing the gruesome murder of the woman as highly
provocative, barbaric and the highest wickedness of mankind, and told Pastor
Agbahiwe that the Imo State government would share with him and the family in
this moment of grief and pains.
Governor
Okorocha said, "The problem is not the death of Mrs. Agbahiwe but the
manner of which she was killed. In this country, we must learn to live
peacefully. No religion supports killing. Anyone who kills in the name of
religion is an evil worshipper, and should never mention the name of God. The
cold blooded murder of Mrs. Agbahiwe should be seen as a sacrifice for the
unity of the country".
The
governor further stressed, "She died as a martyr.Imo State Government will
be with the family in this period of grief, and we shall set up a committee to
assist in making sure that she is given a befitting burial. She died a heroine
as far as we are concerned, as it took more than one hundred attackers to kill
her. Those who killed the woman are cowards. The chairman of the traditional
rulers’ council in the state would lead a delegation to the Emir of Kano to
make sure that such ugly incident will never reoccur anywhere in the
country."
Governor
Okorocha also stated, "We are monitoring the situation and the reports
reaching me is that five people have been arrested and taken to court, and
finally remanded in custody in connection with the murder of Mrs. Bridget
Agbahiwe. This is good enough. It means the Kano State Government and the
Police Command in Kano are working to live upto their assurances to me that
they would fish out the killers and make them face the full wrath of the
law."
The
governor urged Pastor Agbahiwe not to question God over the killing of the
wife, but to bear the whole incident with fortitude.
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