A married man, simply identified as Tony, has been st@bbed to death by a side chick with whom he has been staying in Rivers State since he left his home in Enugu after a bitter battle with his wife.
Tony left his wife in Enugu after a serious fight and had been living with his girlfriend in Rivers State for a while now.
According to the Punch, the man and his girlfriend had been having clashes on a regular basis, sometimes resulting in the man beating his girlfriend.
On Friday, December 22 in an estate along the NTA/Apara link road in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where they lived, they had another fight leading to the man beating the side chick again.
This time, the girlfriend allegedly fought back by stabbing him in the neck.
It was gathered that they continued in the fight without minding the state of the injury sustained by Tony, dragging themselves into the street.
However, Tony was said to have collapsed after losing too much blood from his injury. He was rushed to the hospital by sympathizers, but he reportedly died on the way.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said:
“Tony and his girlfriend had an argument that fateful night which resulted in a fight between them. There are reports that Tony had always been assaulting the lady for some time and this time around, I think in an attempt to defend herself, the lady stabbed him in the neck.
They carried on with the fight and dragged themselves into the street as no one was willing to interfere in their fight. Tony later collapsed after losing lots of blood from the injury he sustained. When he was rushed to the hospital, he went cold on the way and gave up the ghost before they could get to the hospital.
I also heard that he and his wife in Enugu are in a long divorce battle maybe because of some issues relating to domestic violence.”
Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the Rivers State Police Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the suspect had been taken into custody and would be prosecuted as soon as the investigation is concluded.
“The incident happened. The suspect is in police custody and she is currently undergoing investigation. She will be prosecuted as soon as the investigation is concluded,” Iringe-Koko said.
