Sad Story, Woman Beaten To Death By Husband

She was said to be beaten to death by her husband in Lagos, years after she told a friend that domestic violence was a form of trial and she had conquered it.



The deceased got married to her Aka-Ibom sweetheart, Godspower Johnson Itohowo in  December 2104 while she was still in school against the advise of her parents.

The siblings confirmed that the marriage has been abusive right from start. According to the elder sister Chinenye Adogah, the first sign that the marriage was a disaster was when the deceased was asked to withdraw from Optometry at 500 level.

According to her immediate elder sister, Chinonso Pope, the neighbors of the deceased husband called her to come and take her sister home because her husband has beaten her and threw her out of the house, naked.

"On the 10th of March, he threw  her things out and she ran to my place. After two days of staying at my place, her husband started calling her to return home. She refused until her in-laws joined in the plea." She said

On the 21st of March 2019, she was beaten till she couldn't move her limbs again simply because she turned down his request for sex. She was later rushed to LASUTH , where she was stabilized and then transferred to the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, where it was discovered that she had a broken spine and multiple fractures on her neck.

Some days later Deborah died and since then the husband was charged with murder and is being detained in prison.

It was last Saturday as the families of the 31-yer old Deborah Ukamaka Johnson paid their last respect at her funeral in Lagos.