Bella Ifasola
Lagos – A newlywed man has been arrested in Nigeria’s Lagos State for allegedly killing his wife, police said.
Motunrayo Olaniyi, 30, was reportedly arrested and detained for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Olajumoke, to death on Friday at about 1:00 p. m. in Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe, in the Ikorodu area of the state, the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesman SP Benjamin Hundeyin said on Saturday.
“A distress call was received at Ikorodu Division that a newlywed couple allegedly engaged in a domestic scuffle in their room and in the process, the husband stabbed the wife to death. He locked her in the room and set it ablaze, while he inflicted wounds on himself,’’ Hundeyin said, adding that police operatives 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.’’
The police spokesman noted that the corpse had been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy.
He also said that investigation was ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.