A woman has di£d after allegedly being beaten by her husband in Owerri, Imo State.
Olumma Chizoba Lucy Akataobi, lost her life allegedly due to domestic violence around 11pm on Monday, February. 2.
A video of Olumma’s lifeless body lying on the floor was shared online.
In the video, a male voice is heard crying with so much agony in his voice as he called the woman’s name.
“Olumma, Olumma,” he cried.
“So, this girl has di£d,” a female voice is heard saying in the background.
Ezinne Onyedikachi Brenda Akataobi, a sister to the deceased, has begged Nigerians to help her get justice.
She said her sister’s husband Kelechi Prince Okeke, a drug seller, k!lled her sister because she asked him for the N35,000 that her customer paid into his account.
Crying for justice in a video shared via her Facebook account, Ezinne said: “Olumma, who did you leave your children for? Olumma, you allowed Kelechi to beat you to de@th. Olumma who did you leave your two children for. Nigerians please come to my help. Come and help my family, Nigeria, let us get justice.
“An Ngor-Okpala man has k!lled my sister. Nigerians, please, come and hear my voice.
“What happens on social media has happened in the home of my mother and father. It has happened in my home.
“Nigerians help me o. Domestic violence has k!lled my sister o.”
In another video, Ezinne claimed that after Kelech beat his wife to de@th, he lied that she was eating and started shouting, “my chest, my chest” and she di£d
“I must surely get justice for my younger sister. Olumma, my sister does not deserve to di£ this way,” she said.
Ezinne stated that Olumma was not sick. She narrated how earlier that day, their mum and Olumma entered the same tricycle (keke) together after Olumma went to Bush Market to buy goods for her business.
She added that Olumma already made plans with her suppliers that she would be at the market by 5am on Tuesday, Feb. 3, to buy vegetables but she was k!lled before then.
Ezinne said: “Kelechi, Olumma that feeds you, Olumma that buys your baby’s custard, buy children’s milk, buy diapers… Kelechi, Olumma takes care of these children. The only thing you will use to pay her back is to k!ll her. Because of her own thirty-five thousand Naira, money her customers sent to your account.
“She came back and asked for the money that she is going to use the money for turnover the next day, you k!lled my sister. And you’re here, you’re writing a useless statement that she vomited, she di£d, she was saying ‘my chest, my chest’. Kelechi, you’ll prove it.”
Ezinne went on to state that she had warned Kelechi never to beat her sister. She also said the family always told Kelechi that she was welcome back home, but each time Kelechi would pack her bags and run back to her husband.
Recalling her words to Olumma, Ezinne said: “Olumma come back home, Olumma stay home, you’re welcome at home, you’re loved.”
In an update to followers, Ezinne stated that Olumma’s husband is “currently at the homicide department state CID Owerri.”
See videos of the aftermath of Olumma’s de@th below.