A 47-year old housewife identified as Chinyere Ndubusi at Obinaco street, Okwe quarters in Asaba, Delta state, on Wednesday allegedly absconded with her husband’s N1.5million ‘meeting money’ put in her custody.
Mr. Fredrick Ndubusi, a 53-year old commercial bus transporter on Asaba- Onitsha route, confirmed to our Correspondent the incident, adding “my wife ran away with my ‘meeting money’ of N1.5 million. I kept the money in her custody because of our meeting this weekend and I told my wife to keep it safe instead of putting it in the bank until the weekend.”
He said before she absconded, she had requested for N200,000 from him, which he turned down explaining to her that the money in her possession was for a meeting.
He explained that his refusal did not go down well with her as she threatened to take from the money or move out with the money. According to him, he thought she was joking.
Speaking further, Mr. Ndubusi said “I thought my wife was joking about the N200,000 and I warned her not to do anything stupid, we have three children and she has been very faithful since I married her in Enugu state, so I drove to work and around 4p.m, my daughter called me that her mother had left the house with a bag and some gift items, so I hurriedly closed work and drove back to the house. To my surprise, she had gone with her traveling bag.”
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It was further gathered that the housewife made straight to Enugu state where she stopped over briefly in her family house to greet her mother before she disappeared into the thin air with the money.
Continuing he said, “I called her GSM phone severally no response, and I called her mother who confirmed to me that my wife was briefly in the house and later moved out, I told her (my mother in law) that she disappeared from my house with my meeting money of N1.5million. I have also reported the matter to the police at A Division Police Division in Asaba where the matter is being handled.”
At the A Division Police Division, policemen at the CIB department who spoke to our Correspondent on Condition of anonymity confirmed that the matter was being handled by them, adding that investigation was ongoing with a view to bringing the woman to arrest and recover the money from her as soon as possible.
The state Police Commissioner, Hafiz Muhammed Inuwah, who confirmed the incident, said that the Police were investigating the matter as the housewife would be arrested in Enugu state or anywhere.