Former Local Government Councillor Stabbed To Death By Wife

A former Local Government Councillor in Nkpolu-Rumuigbo, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, has been reportedly stabbed to death by his wife.

Eko Hot Blog gathered that the victim, Honourable Skin Kinikanwo Amadi was a one-time councillor at Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of the State.

According to reports, he was stabbed to death by his wife identified as Ihuoma Amadi on Wednesday night in Obio/Akpor.

Eyewitnesses told journalists that Amadi’s marriage has been on the rocks in recent months, but finally festered to tragic proportions on Wednesday night.

A woman in the Amadi’s family, wife of the victim’s brother, who pled anonymity narrated that Ihuoma, the suspect, had called her husband around 10:00 p.m. over the fight that had broken out between them.

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“Around past 10:00 p.m., Ihuoma called my husband that Skin is disturbing her that he (my husband) should come. It was late so my husband was a bit reluctant to leave the house.

“Around 11pm, a man rushed to our house to inform my husband that his brother is seriously bleeding and he needs help. When we got there he was already being taken to the hospital.

“When I asked the woman what happened she said the man broke a beer bottle and while they were trying to retrieve it from him the bottle touched him,” the woman explained.

The victim’s brother, Clinton Amadi, reacted with shock over the incident, while admitting that his brother and his wife had been experiencing tough times in their marriage.

“The whole thing came to me as a shock. I was called that my brother has been stabbed. Before I got there he was already in a comma,” Amadi said.

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Nnamdi Omoni, confirmed the development but added that he does not have details of the incident.