Man whose wife was killed in Kano meets with Governor Okorocha (photos)

Pastor Mike Agbahiwe, an indigene of Orodo in Mbaitoli Local Government

of Imo State whose wife was killed in Kano by Muslim Fanatics has, for

the first time since the incident happened, come back to his home state. He met with Governor Rochas Okorocha at the Government House in

Owerri yesterday with his relations and explained that contrary to the widely

read report that his wife, Mrs. Bridget Agbahiwe was beheaded, she was beaten to death, not beheaded.

He told the governor details of

what transpired and how the wife was heartlessly and gruesomely

murdered in his presence by the Muslim Fanatics and he survived the

attack by the grace of God, otherwise, he would have also been killed

because the aim of their attackers was to kill him and the wife.
His story below…
"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."

He

further stated, "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 of Pastor Agbahiwe, 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.

Man whose wife was killed in Kano meets with Governor Okorocha (photos)