Unknown attackers have stabbed to death the wife of a pastor of the Lord’s Chosen Church, Mrs Eunice Omaye Odoba, in Otukpo town, Benue State.
It was gathered that the cleric’s wife was stabbed in the chest on Sunday morning.
It was learnt that some members of the church who were worried about her not been in the church went to check on her, only to discover her lifeless body.
The husband is said to be the pastor of a branch of a Lord’s Chosen Church in Cotonou, Benin Republic.
A source said, “We received a call from church members from the Lord’s Chosen branch in Otukpo who came to check on her after they discovered that she didn’t come to church today.”
“The church members raised the alarm after they met her lifeless body in her kitchen where she was lying on the floor with bloodstains. She was stabbed in the chest at the topmost part of her left breast.”
The incident was reported at the Otukpo Police Division and the body was evacuated to a morgue by police operatives.
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It was gathered that the truck driver was shot dead by officers on patrol at the Kuru checkpoint in Jos.