Godwin Abuul, a staff of the College of Education Oju in Benue state, is dead.
An insider revealed that Abuul was murdered by his wife and her
siblings during a domestic tussle following claims that he was cheating
on his wife. Afterwards, they dumped his remains in the River
Katsina/Ala.
Here’s what the source close to the family told Vanguard:
“Goddy
used to lecture at the College of Education in Oju. He travels weekly
from here in Gboko to Oju to lecture after which he returns to Gboko to
spend his weekend with his wife and two children.
Unfortunately,
two weeks ago he returned from Oju and said he was traveling to
Katsina/Ala on a private visit, that was the last we heard of him. “His
disappearance was reported to the Police who since then have been
combing the entire state in search of his whereabouts.
Luckily,
just two days ago, the cloth he wore the last day anybody saw him was
found with a young man who was immediately arrested by the Police in
Gboko.
Upon interrogation the young man confessed to the Police
how the missing lecturer was allegedly killed by his wife in connivance
with her siblings.
His confession triggered the arrest of several
persons including the wife of the deceased and mother of his two
children and all those mentioned in the saga, by the Police in Gboko,
though the matter has been transferred to the Command Headquarters in
Makurdi for further investigations.
Already his wife has confessed
all she knew about the matter to the Police. We learned that she
alleged that her brothers beat her husband up because he was involved in
extra marital affairs, but not with the intention to kill him.
After
killing him, they allegedly dumped his body in River Katsina/Ala and
also went ahead to sell his Honda car to an innocent buyer for the sum
of N650,000 and of that sum, the wife of the murdered lecturer was given
the sum of N400, 000 as her share of the proceed.
As I speak with
you, the Police and local divers are still combing River Katsina/Ala to
locate the remains of the Goddy (the deceased) but we very much doubt
if his remains would be seen because the fishes must have feasted on
it.”
Confirming the incident, the Police Public
Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistant Superintendent, ASP, Moses Yamu ,
said, “yes I know of the matter but I’m yet to get the full details of
the matter from the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, because the suspects
are yet to arrive Makurdi. At this moment I cannot confirm that the
wife of the deceased was behind his murder until the details are made
available to me.”