I slept for 3-days with my wife corpse, says man who allegedly kills wife for ritual

The police in Anambra State have arrested a 49-year-old man, Ikechukwu Atansi, for allegedly killing his wife, Uchechi.



It was gathered that after he killed his wife, Ikechukwu locked himself up in a room with her corpse for three days.



The incident happened in Ezimezi, Amawbia, in the Awka South Local Government Area of the state.



According to a resident the man stayed inside the room with the corpse for three days until her body started decomposing and an offensive odour started oozing out from the room. That was when neighbours knew what had happened.”



The source said he suspected that the suspect was into money ritual.









“I suspect that he killed his wife for money rituals. My thinking is that he stayed with the corpse waiting for it to start yielding money, but he was disappointed,” the source stated.



In his defence, Ikechukwu confirmed that his wife was murdered, but he denied having a hand in the killing.



He said, “I went into a mysterious slumber during the period; I could not understand what was happening around me. Three times, I tried to regain consciousness but failed, because I fell down in the process and went into a deep sleep.



“That was why the matter could not be reported to the police. It was on the third day that I somewhat regained consciousness and I raised the alarm and neighbours came and invited the police.”



The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the police suspected that the victim was murdered.

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