Port Harcourt Man Allegedly Beats Partner to Death, Leaves Body with Children in Tricycle

(A Tricycle Rider. Photo by Reuter)

In Port Harcourt, Rivers State, a tricycle rider known only as IK is accused of beating his lover to death and leaving her body with her two children.

According to reports, the incident happened on Tuesday along CPM Street in Ogbogoro Community, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area.

According to information acquired, the suspect reportedly placed the lady’s body and the children inside a tricycle before leaving the scene after the woman was badly beaten and died.

Neighbors were notified early in the morning following the unsettling finding of a dead mother and two children inside a parked tricycle, according to a local known only as Senibo.

According to Senibo, the police at the Ozuoba Division in Obio/Akpor LGA were notified of the situation.

He continued by saying that the older child reported to police that on Monday night, while staying at a guest house, the suspect her father beat their mother with an object.

The youngster claims that as the wife grew weak, the man abandoned her, leaving her body and the kids in the tricycle before running away.

Officers got a distress report from a bystander who found the woman and children inside a blue tricycle, according to Police Public Relations Officer ASP Grace Iringe-Koko (if applicable), who confirmed the occurrence.

The woman and the two children, who were roughly five years and six months old, were discovered dead when a police squad arrived on the site, according to her.

She claimed that the five-year-old told the story of how her father attacked the mother in the middle of the night and then tried to transport her to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

The perpetrator left the kids there and ran away following the event, the police spokeswoman continued.

The body has been placed in a mortuary for preservation and investigation, she said, and the deceased’s family has been contacted.

While attempts are on to apprehend the fugitive culprit, the police have confirmed that a relative has placed the children in protective custody.