This is a
pathetic story of a young Nigerian man and his fiancee who ended up in a deadly
romance.
36-year-old
John Emeka Obodoechina was recently burnt to death in Lagos, by her fiancée,
Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor, simply because he decided to quit the relationship
due to her violent nature.
DailySun
reported that John and Blessing had dated for over a year, before she moved in
with him.
It was also
revealed that John introduced Blessing, from Edo State, to his siblings, but he
was advised to study her for a few months before deciding on a formal visit to
Blessing’s family for dowry payment.
John was said
to have assured the girl of his intentions to meet with her family, but the
meeting was suspended after their relationship got a bit messy.
A relative
of John’s, who pleaded anonymity, revealed that he, John, started noticing some
unacceptable behaviour from Blessing.
.
It was
learned that at the slightest misunderstanding, Blessing would lock the door,
pull a kitchen knife and threaten to stab John to death.
John’s elder
brother, Chief Obodoechina snr, explained that John informed him about how he
met Blessing in his office and had been helping her in the business she was
doing.
'After about
three months, Blessing started taking some of her belongings into John’s place.
At that time Blessing did not know whether anyone was John’s sister or
colleague in the office, so any calls from a female caller was seen as a
taboo.'
'That was
when John started introducing Blessing to his sisters and colleagues. But when
all that also failed to guarantee peace, John felt that marriage between
Blessing and himself might be disastrous, so he decided to end the
relationship.'
'He,
therefore, informed Blessing that both of them should part ways in peace. But
Blessing, apparently didn’t like the idea. There was a day John came to my
house at an odd hour and complained bitterly about Blessing. I advised him that
if they were not compatible, they should go their separate ways before
something dreadful would happen.'
It was
gathered that after John who couldn't stand the relationship anymore, he called
Blessing and told her to relocate elsewhere, promising to give her some money
to help her get another apartment.
On the 1st
of August, when John gave Blessing N100, 000 to help her secure an apartment,
she got angry and set herself and John ablaze.
Following
the tragic incident, John’s sister, Angela Ibrahim who lives in Badagry, said
that morning, she was invited to John’s office by the management of the African
Fertilizer &a Chemicals (Big) Ltd in Agbara, Ogun State.
According to
her, the invitation surprised her, and she quickly raced to the office.
She said:
“There, I was told that Blessing Ohare Ukhurebor, a girl from Edo State, who
John had wanted to marry, burnt him alive.
'I could not
understand that because it was not up to four days that the girl left my house
and did not show any signs of an impending violence.
'That was
when I started calling my brothers. When we got to John’s house, we saw John
bent on the bed, totally burnt. There was no electricity and the gas cooker in
the kitchen was not affected. The two phones were there. '
'There were
no signs that the gas cooker or phone caused the fire. It was only John and the
area he was sleeping that was burnt. The neighbours that we met told us that
some people had taken Blessing out, as she was also affected. But they said she
was not dead. '
'The
neighbours went and reported the incident to the Baale of the area who ordered
some of the palace chiefs and John’s neighbours to report the incident to the
police.'
“On getting
to the Police Station in Agbara, the police said they could not do anything
unless a relation of the deceased was around. When my brothers came, initially
they could not hold themselves to follow the processes of investigation.
“After some
logistics and protocols at the police station, the corpse was taken to the
Badagry General Hospital for preservation in the morgue. All our efforts to get
to see Blessing to know how she was affected and find out what happened were
rebuffed by Blessing’s uncle who was rather threatening us.'
“A few days
after John’s interment, we got a call from the same Blessing’s uncle, telling
us that Blessing had also died.”
“She had her
chance on August 1, by 7:45am, while John was sleeping, That was when Blessing,
who already had her plans worked out, poured fuel on John and lit the match.
Unfortunately, because fuel is inflammable, she was also affected,” Angela
lamented.
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