0
0
A 46-year-old man, Sobola Olatunji, has been arrested by operatives of Ogun State Police Command for stabbing his wife to death on suspicion of her unfaithfulness.
Olatunji was arrested following a complaint by his wife’s father, one Alhaji Ambali Yinusa who reported at Owode-Egba divisional headquarters that his son-in-law Sobola Olatunji had a misunderstanding with his wife Memudat Sobola which led to a fight between them and made Olatunji to stab her in the back with a knife.
On receiving the report, the DPO Owode-Egba division, CSP Matthew Ediae dispatched his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and the victim was quickly rushed to the hospital. But she died in the process of receiving treatment.
The suspect said they had been married for 20years. He explained during interrogation that he read a text message on his wife’s phone which led him to believe that she had been having affairs with another man.
Olatunji narrated further that it was when he challenged his late wife about his suspicion that a fight broke out between them which eventually led to the death of the mother of three. The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital morgue for autopsy.
The spokesperson Ogun state police command DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the arrest of Oaltunji. He said the Commissioner of Police, CP Edward A. Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the homicide section of the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution appropriately.
