Extramarital Tragedy: 42-Year-old Man Killed Fighting Over Woman In Benin

By MIKE OSAROGIAGBON

It was a night of mixed feelings for residents of Obaruyi Street in Egor quarters, Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria when two married men engaged themselves in exchange of blows on meeting at their lover’s apartment in the area.

The physical combat which occurred on December 27, 2018 ended when one of the men collapsed and was later confirmed dead at the hospital while the other fled the house immediately.

The deceased, identified by the police as Mr. Dickson Igbinoba, father of four, was allegedly killed by one Mr. Osakioya Egavoen, 41 with five children, during the fisticuffs inside the woman’s room.

The woman, Ms. Osasogie Edo-Ekhator, 37, mother of four children for two other men watched with chagrin as her two “lover guests” unleashed deadly aggression on each other.

Police hinted that trouble started when the deceased who was cooling off in the lady’s room picked her call only to discover that the caller was another man.

At the end of the conversation, the caller who turned out to be Mr. Osakioya Egavoen allegedly drove to the lady’s residence where he met his rival “lover boy,” Mr. Dickson Igbinoba.

A brief altercation, said to have ensued between the duo, climaxed in a fight during which late Mr. Dickson Igbinoba collapsed as Mr. Osakioya Egavoen swiftly fled the scene.

He was arrested by men of Ogida police station after few days of a manhunt.

Checks by our reporter revealed that the suspect’s wife and children had fled their homes for fear of attack by aggrieved members of the bereaved family.

The Public Relations Officer for Edo Police Command DSP Chidi Nwabuzor said the woman with her alleged killer lover had been arrested and they have made statements.

While stating that investigation had commenced, he advised residents to always control their emotions to avoid unforeseen circumstances of this nature.

The sad and shameful extramarital affairs that led to the unfortunate incident occurred about 8pm on December 27, 2018.