A pastor made a man to kill his wife in calabar

I Butchered My Wife As Advised By
A Prophet, Ismail Yakubu
Confesses To Police in Lagos
If Mrs. Silifat Yakubu had known
that her husband and father of her
three sons would callously butcher
her to death, she would have
probably had a second thought
about their marriage.

Silifat was allegedly killed by her
husband, Ismail Yakubu, at Igbele,
near Araromi Ale Olorunda area
along the Badagry Expressway in
Lagos.

Although details surrounding the
death of Iya Lugo, as Silifat was
popularly called, are still sketchy, it
was however gathered that the
mutilated body of the deceased was
found in a small river located at the
community’s entrance, where she
was supposedly dumped after she
was murdered.

According to an eyewitness, some of
the victim’s body parts, such as her
eyes, breasts and uterus,
were missing when her corpse was
found, suggesting she had been
murdered for ritual.
A neighbour, Iya Korede said:

“Most of the people in the area
do not know her husband
because he goes early to work
and comes back late. But his
wife is a very hard working
woman. She built the house
they live in. As if that was not
enough, she bought a
commercial bus for him. What
else does he want ? If he was
tired of the marriage, he
should have driven her away
instead of killing her...

Narrating what he saw, one
Ambimbola Sule, a commercial
motorcyclist in the area, said:

“Residents in the community woke
up on Saturday morning to find the
lifeless body of a woman inside the
river that leads into Igbele.

Initially, people could not identify
the person because her face had
several cuts. She was wearing a lace
gown, with no under wears.”

It was also learnt that since the
incident involved the loss of life,
community leaders had to involve
the police from Area K Command,
who began investigation into the
incident.

While investigating the case, the
police arrested several persons,
many of whom had since been
released.

According to reports, the deceased’s
husband, who was arrested on
Sunday, confessed to killing his wife
on Friday night because a prophet
told him she was using his star.

He purportedly dumped the corpse
in the river at night, after his
attempts to take her far away failed
because his bus developed fault.

The neighbour, Iya Korede, who lives
near the victim’s shop, noted that
Silifat was jovial, hardworking and
troubled no one.

She also described the deceased as
a trader who sold household
utensils in her container shop,
located a few blocks from hers.

She added: “The world is truly a
wicked place. How can a man kill his
own wife? The same woman who
bore him three male children, for
goodness sake? It is only God that
will save us.”

A member of the Landlord
Association said: “We do not know
what this community has become.
Just as we are still lamenting the
gruesome murder of this woman,
armed robbers struck last night.

“At present, residents are living in
fear. Once it is 7p.m., you will not
find anyone outside. And this is
affecting our business.

“Lagos State government and
relevant authorities should please
come to our aid before things get
out of hand.”

While confirming the reports, Police
PRO, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, stated
that the suspect was currently in
police custody and had made
confessional statements that he
actually committed the crime.