A 30-year-old newlywed man, Motunrayo Olaniyi has been arrested by the Police Division in Lagos for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Olajumoke, to death.
The spokesman of the command SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the murder case to journalists on Saturday in Lagos. He stated that the incident happened on Friday at about 1:00 pm in Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe, in the Ikorodu area of the state.
The spokesperson also stated that the Ikorodu Division received a distress call from a witness concerning the incident, that a newlywed couple allegedly engaged in a fight in their room and in the process, the husband stabbed the wife to death. He continued that the husband locked her in the room and set it ablaze, while he (the husband) inflicted wounds on himself, ” the witness said.
SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson of the division said the police stormed the scene of the incident based on the report. “A team of detectives visited the scene where the fire was put out, the lifeless body of the wife was met lying on the floor with wounds on her abdominal part.
“The husband was rescued with injury, rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was treated, discharged and taken into police custody.
“Upon interrogation, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect stabbed his wife during an altercation between them and he gave himself the mild stabs, “he said.
The of the wife had been deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy. And more investigation is ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.
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