Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday arrested one Sobola Olatunji, a 460year-old staff of Remo North Local Government Area, for stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death on suspicion of infidelity.
The spokesman of the Ogun State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday.
The suspect was arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa, who reported at Owode-Egba Divisional Police Headquarters that his son-in-law, Sobola Olatunji, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Momudat Sobola, which led to a physical fight between them.
Yinusa stated further that in the process, Sobola Olatunji took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.
Upon the report, the Divisional Police Officer, Owode-Egba Division, CSP Matthew Ediae, dispatched his detectives to the scene, where the suspect was promptly arrested and the victim quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment.
But while the treatment was going on, the victim gave up the ghost.
On interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to have been married to the deceased for 20 years, alleged that he suspected his wife to have been having extramarital relationship because of some text messages he saw on her phone.
He stated further that it was when he challenged his late wife about his suspicions that 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 Commissioner of Police, 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.
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