{"id":71392,"date":"2023-02-24T07:18:09","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T06:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/?p=71392"},"modified":"2023-02-24T07:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T06:18:15","slug":"pregnant-woman-dies-after-fight-over-n350-debt-in-bayelsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailynews24.ng\/pregnant-woman-dies-after-fight-over-n350-debt-in-bayelsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant woman dies after fight over N350 debt in Bayelsa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
A 43-year-old woman, identified as Mrs. Akumere Aregbare, has reportedly died after she was punched by a 38-year-old woman, identified as Eniekeduo Atabala, during an argument over the delayed payment of a N350 debt owed her.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The deceased, an indigene of Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, sustained a cut on the nose after being punched and was reportedly rushed to a church instead of a hospital.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n A community source said that after non-stop bleeding, she was later rushed to the hospital, where she slumped and died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The source said: “They both had disputes, which led to a fight, and unfortunately, the woman from Ogobiri hit the other woman in a bad spot, which led to her death.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “The deceased went to recover her money. The other woman insisted that she did not have any money to pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “After much verbal embarrassment, she went inside and brought out the N350 to pay.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n “But when the deceased continued raining verbal insults on the accused, she hit her on the nose.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, irate youths from the Amassoma community were later said to have invaded the family home of the suspect and set it ablaze in retaliation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n However, two of the alleged arsonists were later arrested by the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A spokesman for the state Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the development, saying: “On February 19, 2023, about 0900 hours, one Mrs. Akumere Aregbare, 43 years old, fought with one Eniekeduo Atabala, 38 years old, at Ogobiri community in southern Ijaw; the fighting led to the collapse of Mrs. Akumere.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n “She was rushed to the general hospital, where she was confirmed dead.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n “The corpse had been evacuated to the mortuary, while the suspect was arrested.”\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 43-year-old woman, identified as Mrs. Akumere Aregbare, has reportedly died after she was punched by a 38-year-old woman, identified as Eniekeduo Atabala, during an argument over the delayed payment of a N350 debt owed her. The deceased, an indigene of Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, sustained a cut […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":60847,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[523],"tags":[1483,5456],"yoast_head":"\n