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The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has announced the death of a US based Nigerian doctor, Dr Ben Okigbo and his nurse wife, Theresa.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Head, Media, Public Relations and Protocols Unit (NiDCOM), Abuja made this known in a statement on Sunday.
According to the statement Dr Okigbo and his wife were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday morning.
The statement reads: “The news of the death of Dr. Ben Okigbo, a medical doctor in Houston and his wife, Theresa who was a nurse, is most shocking and depressing.
“Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) condoles with the family, particularly the children, who are now orphans, as well as members of the Nigerian diaspora community in the US.
“Dr. Ben Okigbo and his wife, Theresa, were found dead in their Sugar Land, Texas home on Friday morning, according to police.
“NIDCOM commiserates with the Okigbo family and pray unto God to give them the fortitude to bear the irreplaceable loss. NIDCOM will continue to monitor police investigations into the unfortunate incident”.
Meanwhile, Eric Robins of the Sugar Land Police Department in Texas has said the discovery made around 10:05 a.m. on Dec. 18, at the Greatwood Subdivision in the 1500 block of Brookstone Lane could be a murder-suicide case.
“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,” Robins said.