Woman Dies After Eating Egusi Soup She Prepared For Her Cheating Husband

A housewife in Atumaga community in Delta State died after eating from the egusi soup she had poisoned for her cheating husband.

According to Leadership Newspaper, the woman identified as Egwoli (surname withheld), was frustrated that her husband was cheating on her with other women, neglecting her for over two years they've been married. She also complained that her husband has not been making love to her since they got married two years ago.

But sources said the housewife, a petty trader, instead of seeking the family’s intervention, allegedly sought the help of native doctor who prepared the love charm for her with strict instructions to add the substance to her husband's food to gain back his affection.

But unfortunately after preparing the egusi (melon) soup, her errant husband was nowhere to be found.

Not knowing the charm had deadly effects, she ate from the soup and went to bed and was found dead the following morning.

The husband who had earlier complained that he stopped making love to his wife because of the offensive body odour that oozes out of her body, narrated the circumstances that led to her tragic end,
"My wife had threatened to make me impotent when I stopped making love to her for obvious reasons and I found some fetish items in her room, including the egusi soup she ate before her death," - he said, not wanting his name in print.

The Delta State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Celestina Kalu, has confirmed the incidence and said that the police was investigating the circumstances that led to the woman’s death.