The 25-year old pregnant woman named Chibuzor managed to tell her father, Mr. Samuel Obioha the reason she was burnt alive by her husband before she died from her sustained injuries.

She told her father that it all started when she answered a phone call meant for her husband Nnamdi Obioha Amadi.

"She also told me that when her husband noticed her reaction because the call came from his girl friend, he took offence and both of them exchanged words and her husband started beating her up", Mr. Obioha said.

According to Mr. Obioha, Amadi emptied a bottle of petrol on her, set her on fire, then jumped out of the room and locked her inside.

It was gathered that when Amadi saw the flames of fire coming from the room, he unlocked the door and his pregnant wife ran out and cried for help but she had already sustained fatal injuries before the door was unlocked.

Neighbours made frantic efforts to save Chibuzor's life but her husband allegedly refused to give anyone his car key to rush her to the hospital.

The Imo State Police Command in Nigeria spread its dragnet across the country in order to arrest Nnamdi Obioha Amadi.

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