A female gospel singer, Yvonne Omoarebokhae, has been found dead
in a hotel in Benin, the Edo State capital. The deceased, a house wife was said
to have lodged in the hotel with a Lagos based Pastor whose identity was given
as Apostle Psalm Okpe of the Fresh Oil Ministry.
Narrating the circumstance surrounding his wife’s death, her
husband, Odion Omoarebokhae said his wife met Apostle Psalm on Facebook and
after several months of chatting, the pastor invited her last week Thursday, to
perform in Warri, Delta State.
He said Apostle Psalm claimed to have programme in Warri, Asaba
and Benin City where his wife was to perform. He further explained that Psalm
promised to take his wife to South Africa to perform.
Omoarebokhae said his wife called him at about 10am last Friday
that she would be home soon but that he was surprised when the police later
invited him through a phone call with his late wife’s cell phone.
“At about 9:30pm, the police used my wife’s phone to call and
invited me to report at the Airport Road police station. “I waited for more
than two hours at the police station until the police asked me to go home but I
insisted on knowing the whereabouts of my wife.
“The DPO later told me that my wife was picked at a hotel in the
GRA and rushed to the Benin Central hospital where she was confirmed dead.
“I am yet to see the corpse of my wife to know what happened and
who was responsible for her death. We have a three-year-old-baby at home,” the
bereaved husband explained.
Sources said the pastor has been arrested and is helping police
with investigation. Confirming the incident, Edo State Commissioner of Police,
Chris Ezike, said the matter was under investigation, that a post mortem
examination will confirm the cause of death.
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