Man Hacks Wife to Death over Alleged Extramarital Affair
Residents of Idekan Farm Settlement in the Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State were left shocked when a man named Matthew James killed his 55-year-old wife, Etim Mary, due to suspicions of her having an extramarital affair.
Several community and police sources revealed that the suspect, now in police custody, committed the crime after suspecting that his late wife was having an extramarital affair with another man in the community.
An eyewitness, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, said the police operatives from the Ijebu-Igbo Division had taken the suspect into custody.
The eyewitness further told newsmen that the suspect claimed he and the deceased woman had a “blood covenant” not to betray each other.
The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, commenting on Monday’s shocking incident, stated that the wife was pronounced dead by the attending doctor after being rushed to the hospital by other residents.
Similar incident happened in April in Ekiti, where a suspect named Dare Onipede allegedly killed his wife, Arinola, during a dispute over accusations of her having an extramarital affair.
The suspect allegedly stabbed his wife, the mother of three, to death during the incident.
