The police in Bayelsa State have arrested a 27 years old
woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death in the Azikoro suburb of
Yenagoa the state capital.
The woman identified as Osas Omorege according to
eyewitnesses stabbed her spouse, Chukwuma Iwu over alleged marital squabbles.
It was gathered that trouble started when the wife of the
deceased suspected he was having extra marital affairs due to his alleged late
night outings.
The tragic incident which threw the rustic Azikoro
settlement into mourning occurred last
Friday when the deceased reportedly received a phone call which the wife
suspected was from one of his lovers.
The wife’s suspicion
and anger over the phone call the source said, might have been fuelled by his
alleged absence from home for two days.
“After returning late to his matrimonial home he received a
phone call which the wife suspected was coming from his girlfriend and
attempted to stop him from answering it”, the source added.
Consequently, a scuffle ensued and the deceased ordered his
wife to move out of the house with her belongings, the source further said.
Angered by the wife’s refusal to comply with his order the
deceased was said to have reached for a kitchen knife ostensibly to frighten
her but she was adamant.
Immediately he dropped the knife, the wife was said to have
picked the said knife and stabbed the husband on the chest.
The loud cry of the husband for help attracted neighbours
who rushed to the scene and took him to the health facility in the community
where he was confirmed dead.
The woman it was learnt turned in herself to the police
where she is currently in detention and assisting them in their investigation
into the matter.
Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Fidelis
Odunna (DSP) confirmed the incident saying the woman voluntarily gave up
herself to the police. He said she would be charged to court for murder.
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