A middle-aged housewife in Ikom Cross River State, Rose Eyam, has been sent to early grave with a head butt by her husband over suspicion that a late night customer who visited the house to buy garri - a local staple - had an affair with the deceased.
Daniel, whose wife, Rose deals on groceries, might not have intended to head butt his wife and send her to early grave, but he ended up killing his wife with a powerful head butt that got her off her feet before hitting her on the ground with a chattering sound.
She could not recover from the fall despite spirited efforts to revive her.
WHAT HAPPENED
On the fateful day in question, both Daniel and Rose had woken up and prepared their children for the school, while they left for their respective business places not suspecting any foul play or imminent danger.
At the end of the day’s business, the wife returned home, attended to the children and prepared to go to bed just before midnight, when a man, Mr. Eknagbo Agban, desperately slammed on her door to wake up and sell Garri- a local staple- to him.
She could not resist the customer, whom many in the neighbourhood say has been going to buy foodstuffs from the same house at late hours.
As if it was planned by fate, the coming of Agban, 20, to buy garri coincided with the arrival of Eyam in the house. He did not ask who the man was but had taken offence over the audacity of the man to visit his house at that odd hour of the night, not minding the purpose. Rather than enter his house and ascertain from his wife and children the purpose of the late visitor, Eyam decided to sleep out that night.
Apparently irked also that her husband did not return to the house but slept elsewhere, Rose was filled with rage that Eyam was up to something. When the two met in the morning, it was an exchange of animosity rather than the expression of love and happiness that they are used to.
“Who was that idiot who came to this house late last night?” an enraged Eyam, queried the wife. Without suspecting that the man had been filled with searing anger, the wife, fired back, “Where did you go last night?
Eyam, who felt unduly challenged by his wife, jumped up apparently to prove his manhood and authority over the feeble woman. “Why do you talk to me like that?”, he bellowed before hitting the wife with his curly head.
The resultant head butt lifted the wife above the ground and hit the ground. She gasped for breath, foamed in the mouth and rolled helplessly for minutes before breathing her last. “He has killed me,” she screamed with her last breath.
Although the woman was rushed to the IkomEkpupa Health Clinic, she was dead before reaching the gate of the health institution.
Eyam, who has since been arrested by the police for murdering his wife, is reported to have complained that Agban had some other motives other than buying garri from his late wife. He was suspicious that his wife might have had an affair with the 20-year-old man but the children insist that the man had never gone beyond buying foodstuff from their late mother. However, the police would want the suspect to clear himself of murder in court.
Already, the police have arrested and dragged Eyam before the Magistrate court 1 in Calabar to advance reasons why should not pay dearly for he killing his wife over unsubstantiated claim that Agban had some illicit affair with the deceased. After arraigning him, the court ordered the suspect to be remanded at the Ikom Prisons pending trial because of the weight of the matter.
It is not clear if Eyam would have been able to score a goal and win a trophy the way he struck his wife of many years to death with a powerful head butt. He may spend the rest of his life in jail or pay with his life if found guilty of the offence. The days ahead will prove his fate that has carelessly been handed over to uncertainty because of a jealous rage. Edem Edem reports for: LEADERSHIP
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Posted: at 9-06-2012 05:02 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
Sophyrocks at 9-06-2012 06:00 PM (11 years ago) (f)
Wat is al dis? Wen d man came home,didnt he c d wife attendin 2 som1 dat came 2 buy garri or was he blind? Y cudnt he ask questn 1st? Y wud he jst assume tins jst lyk dat? And he left home dat 9t jst lyk dat? Leavin ur home 2 go where? Is dat not irresponsibility? Somtyms d way som men do tins baffle me.Imagine! Head buttin his wife lyk say she be football wey go enta goal post!! See am nw! E don kill jst bcos of mere assumptn. B4 u accuse sombody,u must hav proof! Stupid man! Let him rot in jail jare!
Life is damn too short to be sitting around miserable.
Posted: at 9-06-2012 06:00 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
My GOD!!! Becus of jealousy. Wat is dis world turning to. Why is he nt man enough to confront d young man dat nite. He left like a lillid liver dat he is . Now dat he had killed her lets see. Nonsense
Posted: at 9-06-2012 06:07 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
What a terrible incident? Clearly the man overreacted, he should have asked questions and then warn the said boy never to come to his house in late hours to buy whatever. How could a man head butt his wife? Lowest of low. RIP Dear Woman.
Posted: at 9-06-2012 08:00 PM (11 years ago) | Hero
i just pity the children the woman left behind, that idiot do not deserve to live any longer , he is a real animal , imagine , those who kill with a sword will never wish to see a sword being dangling before their eye, thats exactly what the idiot is doing with other ppl,s wife , thats why he was so suspicious of his wife and killed her instantly on a fkimsy excuse, cut off the head of the idiot,
Posted: at 9-06-2012 09:59 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
Shey d man wey com buy garri don c wetin e cause nw. Hw u go com buy somtin at dat tym of d 9t? He contributed 2 her death. RIP Woman.
its very common for those who sells such thing to have visitors at their house sometimes at odd hour, so don,t put the blame on the man but rather on the animal she has as husband
Posted: at 9-06-2012 10:05 PM (11 years ago) | Grande Master
Mr painter kelly hansome don turn to PAINTER 4 Owerri IMO state .Kelechukwu clap 4 ur self I SAY NO BE UNA FAULF YOU ARE JUST jobless, nonsense But do you yeah,and keep missing YAKUBU.......walk down the road and go hug TRANSFORMER...go boil stone ,its'll cure your sickness , MAKE UNA COME HELP ME SEE WHICH KIND STRONG HEAD PIKIN UNA BE HIA KPOMO UNA NO CHOP,FISH UNA NO CHOP,GOAT UNA CHOP UNA SAY UNA WAN BEEF..........una too much!!! coffee wey I dey drink for hia comot for my nose as I read all una comment. JOBLESS PEOPLE
Posted: at 9-06-2012 10:46 PM (11 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Mr painter kelly hansome don turn to PAINTER 4 Owerri IMO state .Kelechukwu clap 4 ur self I SAY NO BE UNA FAULF YOU ARE JUST jobless, nonsense But do you yeah,and keep missing YAKUBU.......walk down the road and go hug TRANSFORMER...go boil stone ,its'll cure your sickness , MAKE UNA COME HELP ME SEE WHICH KIND STRONG HEAD PIKIN UNA BE HIA KPOMO UNA NO CHOP,FISH UNA NO CHOP,GOAT UNA CHOP UNA SAY UNA WAN BEEF..........una too much!!! coffee wey I dey drink for hia comot for my nose as I read all una comment. JOBLESS PEOPLE
another Yeye
They can close the door against me but can't stop me frm coming in
Posted: at 9-06-2012 11:43 PM (11 years ago) | Addicted Hero
donphilz4real at 10-06-2012 12:25 AM (11 years ago) (m)
old news. It has being happening my ppl. Na only God hand we deah ooo. As i deah here,it betta say i no marry dan say i kill my wife. See na,head butt,chia,wat a goal!
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