Popular Edo female gospel singer, Mrs. Yvonne
Omoarebokhae who met a pastor, Pastor Psalm
Okpe of Fresh Oil Ministry on Facebook has been
confirmed dead by the Police in Benin City, Edo
State. Mrs Yvonne Omoarebokhae, was found
dead in a hotel in Benoni, GRA in Benin after she met with the pastor.
According to her husband, Odion, his wife
met Pastor Okpe on Facebook and after several
months of chatting, the man of God invited his wife
to perform at his programme which was to be held
in Benin, Warri and Asaba. He confirmed that he
knew about his wife chatting with the Pastor and the arrangements to meet at the said hotel:
He said his wife left for Warri on Thursday to
perform at the program, and on Friday morning at
about 10 am, she called to let him know that she
would be home soon.
He said that at about 9:30p.m. on Friday, the
police called him using his late wife’s phone and
asked him to report at Airport Road police station
in Benin.
He said:
“I did not hear from her again until at about
9:30 pm, when the police used my wife’s
phone to call and invited me to report at the
Airport Road police station, where I waited
for more than two hours at the police
station until the police asked me to go home, but I insisted on knowing the
whereabouts of my wife. “The DPO later told
me that my wife was picked at a hotel in the
GRA and rushed to the Benin Central
Hospital where she was confirmed dead. “I
am yet to see the corpse of my wife to know want happen and who is responsible
for her death. We have a son that will be
three-year old by June 25,”
The Edo State police commissioner, Chris Ezike,
confirmed the death of the woman, adding that
the pastor has been arrested and that the death is
under investigation.
He said:
“The man is married and the woman is
married. Not until a post mortem is
conducted, we cannot conclude what
happened. I have asked the matter to be
transferred to the State CID.
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