Man Sets Wife Ablaze For Giving Birth To OnlyFemale Children

A middle-aged woman, Mrs. Monica Nwakpuke,

barely escaped the cold hands of death when her

husband, Paul, allegedly hired assassins to set her

ablaze for giving birth to female children only.

The culprit, Paul, a patent medicine dealer, who

hails from Onuojgon Ikwo Local Government Area

of Ebonyi State, was alleged to have hired

assassins to kill his wife because she could not

give him a male child.

The assassins were said to have trailed the

woman to her father’s house where she was taking

refuge over the lingering case of the male child

issue with the purported aim of eliminating her.

The attackers allegedly doused her with fuel, then

set her on fire and left before she was taken to the

hospital where she is battling for survival.

The victim’s younger brother, Mr. Sunday Nwigbo,

said for the past 12 years when Paul impregnated

Monica when she was a student of Enyi Community

Secondary School in Ikwo, there had been no

genuine love between the husband and wife.

Nwigbo disclosed that Paul became furious with

his wife because she only gave birth to female

children without a male child.

A close family source added that since Paul

impregnated his wife at a tender age before

marriage, he had on several occasions sent her

back to her parents before he allegedly hired the

attackers to kill her.

“Three men laid ambush for Monica in the night

waiting for her when she came out to use the toilet

and when she eventually came out that night, the

attackers rushed and grabbed her while one of

them slapped her repeatedly on her face before

forcing her onto a standby motorcycle and sped

off,” a the source narrated.

Another source said that Monica was brought down

from the motorcycle, stripped Unclad and

blindfolded after which they poured fuel on her and

set her ablaze.

“When they discovered that she had been severely

burnt to the extent that she may not survive it, they

abandoned her and ran from the scene,” the source

said.

The victim is currently receiving treatment at the

Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki.

Though all efforts to get the reaction of the culprit

proved abortive, the state Police Public Relations

Officer, ASP Chris Anyanwu, said he had not heard

about the assault on the woman but promised: “I

will get back to you when I confirm it.”

Man Sets Wife Ablaze For Giving Birth To OnlyFemale Children