There was pandemonium on the premises of Edo State Specialist Hospital, Benin City, on Thursday as the remains of a 27-year-old pregnant woman identified as Faith Aigbe was found locked in a Sports Utility Vehicle belonging to a traditional ruler, Enogie of Uroho, Iguodala Ogieriakhi.
The corpse was alleged to have been brought by the suspect who abandoned it and fled the scene when he discovered that the woman was dead.
The scene drew a crowd at the health facility, forcing sympathisers to break the windscreen of the car to catch a glimpse of the woman’s corpse.
According to the suspect, who reported himself to the police, the woman died while trying to abort her eight-month pregnancy.
He said, “Faith was a woman l proposed to marry. She lived with me in my palace but I have been having issues with some of her family members who do not want me to marry her.
“Faith was eight-month pregnant but some of her family members who do not want me to marry her encouraged her to commit abortion.”
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Bello Kantongs, said the suspect had been transferred to the homicide section at the police headquarters.
