A tricycle rider identified simply as IK has allegedly beaten his female lover, a mother of two, to death and abandoned her corpse alongside their children in Ogbogoro, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State.
The incident reportedly occurred along the CPM Street axis of Ogbogoro on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.
A resident of the area, Mr. Senibo, told our reporter that at about 7:00 a.m., residents were alerted to a disturbing scene along the street where two young female children, both under the age of six, and the lifeless body of an adult woman were found inside a stationary tricycle.
According to the eyewitness, operatives of the Ozuoba Police Division had already arrived at the scene when he got there. He said the older child was being interviewed by the police and allegedly narrated how her father used an object to beat their mother at a guest house where they had lodged on Monday night.
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The child reportedly stated that after realizing that the woman could neither stand nor speak, the suspect drove them out of the guest house, abandoned the children and their mother’s body inside the tricycle, and fled.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Rivers State Police Command, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agabe Blessing Kaborlo, confirmed the incident.
According to the police spokesperson, the Ozuoba Police Division received information from a passerby who noticed two children and a woman who appeared lifeless inside a blue tricycle parked by the roadside.
“The Ozuoba Police Division patrol team swiftly moved to the scene, where officers found the lifeless body of a woman and two children aged about five years and six months respectively,” ASP Agabe said.
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