Lawyer murders spouse upon discovering houseboy is her biological child

A 36-year-old lawyer, Abasiesebanga Ikoiwak, and five others have been arraigned by

the police for allegedly killing her 41-year-old husband, Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak. The incident reportedly occurred a few days after the deceased had a phone conversation with his friend and former classmate, Barrister Sunny Anyanwu, where he complained about having issues with his wife over infidelity.

 

Anyanwu narrated before the Uyo High Court how the deceased died. He said that Barrister Godwin Ikoiwak reported the matter of his wife's infidelity to her family, and they invited him to a meeting in their family compound in Nung Udoe Itak, Ikono Local Government Area. Unfortunately, he did not return home alive.

 

Anyanwu further revealed that the deceased husband told him that his wife was having sexual relations with her former boss, a legal practitioner, Barrister C.I. Odoh. He also disclosed that the late Barrister had confided in him that his wife had stayed with a Catholic priest, Rev. Father Maurice Mbeke, as a house help, and the Catholic priest had impregnated her. They had a child who is now 19 years old, and the child is named after her maternal grandfather.

 

According to Anyanwu, the late Barrister did not know that the boy who had been living with him in his house for years was his wife's son. This was because his wife had told him that the child was her younger brother. He also revealed that each time his wife said she was pregnant, he did not set his eyes on her until after the delivery of the baby when she would present the child to him and say, "this is your child."

 

The prosecution team led by the Director of Public Prosecutions, Akwa Ibom State, Barr. Joseph Umoren, tendered audio recordings that were played in the open court. Until his death, Barrister Ikoiwak was a state counsel with the Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Justice. The case is ongoing.