Widow Of High Court Registrar Alleges That Her Husband Was Killed By Woman, Son Over N2500 Debt

A woman, Stella Osafile and her 16-year-old son, Marvelous, have allegedly killed a High Court Registrar, Paul Eghodibie Ezenwosi, over N2500 debt in Delta State, the widow of the deceased has alleged.

According to sources, the deceased was killed for going to collect his over-due debt.

He was allegedly murdered in Owa-Oyibu community, the Headquarter of Ika North East Local Government Area of Delta State.

The deceased, a father of six died after one Stella Osafile and her son allegedly hit him on the head with a plank when he went to demand for the N2500 they are owing him.

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Speaking with Ika Weekly Newspaper during a visit to the bereaved family in Owa-Ekei, wife of the deceased, Mrs. Uwaoma Ezenwosi said that her late husband sold a hen to Mr. Augustine Osafile during the year 2020 Easter period at the rate of Five Thousand Naira, (#5,000).

Adding that he was paid the sum of Two Thousand Five Hundred (#2,500) and with promise for the balance money to be paid on a later date.

“Ever since last year, my husband has been going to Augustine’s house for the money. Each time he goes there, his wife Stella and his sixteen year old son, Marvelous will embarrass him, calling him names and threatening to deal with him if he refuses to stop coming to their house,” the widow narrated.

“My husband left home at about 6pm to get the money from Augustine, on reaching there, he met his wife Stella and his sixteen year old son, Marvelous at home.

“My husband requested to see their father, Augustine and they knowing my husband’s motive for coming, told him that their father was not around. On leaving the house, he met a friend, whom he was discussing with when Stella and his son, Marvelous came and started fighting him.”

She claimed that when they saw that her husband was dying after using plank to hit him on his head, they rushed him to the Owa-Alero Hospital.

“On reaching the Hospital, they told the Doctors that my husband was involved in an accident that was why they brought him to the hospital and left,” she added.

She further stated that “her husband died few hours after he was brought to the hospital.”

Mrs. Ezenwosi called on the Police to carry out their investigation with fairness and justice.

The newspaper reported that Mr. Augustine Osafile has been arrested by the police in Owa-Oyibu Division while his wife, Stella and his son, Marvelous have gone into hiding.

Meanwhile, the remains of Mr. Paul Eghodibie Ezenwosi has been deposited in a morgue.