NIDCOM Expresses Shock Over Death Of US-Based Nigerian Doc, Wife
BY EDMOND ODOK, ABUJA – The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa has described the death of Dr Ben Okigbo, a medical doctor in Houston, United States (US) and his wife, Theresa, as “most shocking and depressing”.
Abike said in a statement on Sunday that NIDCOM condoles with the family, particularly the children, who are now orphans, as well as members of the Nigerian diaspora community in the US.
Police sources had confirmed that Dr Okigbo and his wife, a nurse, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday morning.
A statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head of Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit (NIDCOM) Abuja on behalf of the Chairman, said the Commission “commiserates with the Okigbo family and pray unto God to give them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss.”
The statement further said; “NIDCOM will continue to monitor police investigations into the unfortunate incident.”
Meanwhile, agency reports saif the discovery was made around 10:05am on Friday, December 18, 2020 at the Greatwood Subdivision in the 1500 block of Brookstone Lane.
The reports quoted Police Chief Eric Robins of Sugar Land Police Department, Texas as saying; “One of the kids dialed 911 apparently when he suspected that there was a fight or disturbance going on inside the resident and the Police said when its officers arrived at the house, they found the couple dead inside their home.
“It appears that it could be a potential murder-suicide but it has not been totally ruled.”
