A man identified as Mr. Samuel Chidi, a law graduate from Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, has been accused of deliberate criminal negligence towards his wife.
According to a social media user who shared the story with Igbere TV, Chidi, a resident of Diamond Point Junction, Chinedu Ogah Avenue, Abakaliki, allegedly watched his wife, who had previously delivered twice via caesarean section, battle with labor pains in their room and eventually succumbed to fatal bleeding.
It is alleged that Chidi could have easily contacted a nurse who lived in the same compound but instead left the woman locked up in the room with a patent medicine dealer, who administered improper injections, and dragged the baby to the ground while the husband pinned her legs down.
The husband allegedly collected the blood and the baby's placenta and hid in his room, leaving the mother to bleed to death.
It was gathered that the incident occurred around 11 pm, and Chidi did not inform anyone in the compound or any member of the deceased's family until the afternoon of the following day when a neighbor, a nurse, came to check on Mrs. Nkechi, the late woman, and learned of the incident.
She insisted that the corpse be deposited immediately at the morgue for proper attention, while the newborn baby be moved into intensive care, the source said.
The family of the deceased was contacted soon after and was dismayed by the negligent conduct of the man who had sworn to love, cherish, and protect their daughter. They withdrew the body and proceeded to dump it in the man's compound for him to do with it as he had presumably purposed.
However, for the quick intervention of members of the Nigeria Police from Kpirikpiri Station, who were on patrol duty and got wind of the incident, and prevailed on the situation.
The corpse was returned to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki mortuary, while the suspect was placed under police custody pending investigation and trial.
The circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Nkechi remain largely a mystery to her neighbors and family, and the general public is hopeful that the justice department of the state will leave no stone unturned in their attempt to unravel it and bring those culpable to book, a family member said.