Pastor Mike Agbahiwe, whose wife Bridget was killed in Kano state over alleged blasphemy met with the governor of his home state, Rochas Okorocha after returning for the first time since the tragic incident.
Pastor Agbahiwe hails from Orodo in Mbaitoli Local Government of Imo State and he took the chance of his visit to tell his story also using the opportunity to debunk rumours that his wife was beheaded.
You can read his account below.
“One Muslim man called Dauda came to my wife’s shop and was washing his leg infront of the shop. My wife told the man to move up a little so that she could arrange her goods, but the man refused. Instead, the man started to molest her, and gripped her neck. In trying to free herself from the grip, Dauda started shouting Alakuba, and angry mob quickly gathered
“When we saw that danger was about to occur, we ran and took refuge in the house of a prominent Alhaji, who is a leader in the area. The Alhaji did all he could to calm the mob down. They refused and called him an infidel, and broke into his house and killed my wife in front of me. And if not the quick intervention of the Police who immediately used teargas to disperse them, they would have also killed me. But they destroyed everything I had both the shop, the car and so on.”
He further stated, “The head of my wife was never beheaded. But the hitting was on her head and with hard objects. The body of my wife is in the mortuary with the head. She was not beheaded as it was widely reported.”
Governor Okorocha in response to the tragic tale offered support to Pastor Agbahiwe stating that they were working hard to uncover all the killers and bring them to justice.
“She died as a martyr. Imo State Government will be with the family in this period of grief, and we shall set up a committee to assist in making sure that she is given a befitting burial. She died a heroine as far as we are concerned, as it took more than one hundred attackers to kill her. Those who killed the woman are cowards. The chairman of the traditional rulers’ council in the state would lead a delegation to the Emir of Kano to make sure that such ugly incident will never reoccur anywhere in the country.
“We are monitoring the situation and the reports reaching me is that five people have been arrested and taken to court, and finally remanded in custody in connection with the murder of Mrs. Bridget Agbahiwe. This is good enough. It means the Kano State Government and the Police Command in Kano are working to live up to their assurances to me that they would fish out the killers and make them face the full wrath of the law.” said the governor.
You can see pictures of the meeting below.
