A lady, identified as Barr. Adaeze Destiny Ikpeama has reportedly lost her life to domestic violence.
Adaeze said to be 6 months pregnant was beaten to death by her husband, Mr Anthony Ikpeama.
A source said that since the couple got married in 2014, Mr Ikpeama turned his wife to a punching bag and hits her at every slightest provocation.
It was also gathered, that relatives of the deceased pleaded repeatedly with Anthony to stop abusing his wife, to no avail.
On the faithful day of the event that took Adaeze’s life, Mr Ikpeama was said to have focused on his wife’s protruding tummy and hit her till she lost consciousness.
She was reportedly rushed to the hospital by neighbors, with her husband following behind.
Adaeze was said to have been admitted and placed on oxygen with her husband at her bedside.
Mr Anthony Ikpeama removed her oxygen mask, which led to her having a cardiac arrest, causing her death.
Barr. Adaeze Ikepama, who hails from Etche in Rivers state was a law graduate of Madonna University.
She was the only daughter of her parents.
Colleagues and relatives of the late Adaeze have called for justice to take its course for the death of their own.
Meanwhile, Mr Ikpeama who was tracked down and arrested in the Ajah area of Lagos where he was hiding is said to have been released while his dead wife lies in a morgue.
