A 46-year-old man, Sobola Olatunji, was arrested by Ogun State Police Command personnel for allegedly killing his 38-year-old wife, Momudat, on suspicion of infidelity.
The suspect, an employee of the state’s Remo North Local Government Area, reportedly stabbed the victim in the back while the duo were engaged in a physical fight.
The incident was reported to Owode-Egba Division Police Headquarters by the deceased’s father, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa.
The father of three said in a statement from State Police PR officer Abimbola Oyeyemi that he stabbed his 20-year-old wife on suspicion of engaging in extramarital affairs.
He said various text messages on her phone indicated that his wife was in a relationship with different men.
Following the complaint, the Owode Egba Police Division’s data protection officer, CSP Matthew Ediae, brought detectives to the scene and arrested Olatunji.
According to the Owode-Egba CSO department’s report, CSP Matthew Ediae sent his detectives to the location where the suspect was immediately arrested and the victim was quickly taken to hospital for treatment. But during the treatment the victim gave up the ghost.
“During interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have been married to the deceased for 20 years, alleged that he suspected his wife was in an extramarital relationship based on some of the text messages he saw on her phone. He further stated that it was when he challenged his late wife on his suspicions that a fight broke out between them, which eventually resulted in the death of the mother of three.
“The body of the deceased was deposited in the morgue of the teaching hospital of the University of Olabisi Onabanjo for an autopsy,” the statement said.
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