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A 23- year- old woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her 36-year-old husband in the chest, which led to his death.
The incident occurred on Saturday night at No 78, Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island, Lagos.
It was learnt that the suspect, Damilola Ayeni, was the third wife of the deceased, Olumide Ayeni.
Damilola was said to have started a fight with her husband Olumide when he got home over a phone call issues. The woman reportedly stabbed the man during the fight. The injured husband was rushed to Lagos Island General Hospital, where he eventually died after bleeding out.
The deceased’s father, Mr. Sunday Ayeni, reported the case to the police. The man said he has told the couple to go their separate ways because they are always quarreling.
Sunday said: “My son and I work at the Lagos Island General Hospital. While I work as a security guard, he worked in the pharmacy department. They got married at the Ikoyi registry.
“They had issues many times and my son reported her to me. I told them to go their separate ways, but people said I should not come between them.
“On Friday, after my son and I closed from work in the evening, he went for a party. Around that time, he called his wife on the telephone and they spoke.
“When he returned home that night, his wife waited for him at the door and stopped him from entering. She said she heard the voice of a woman in the background when they spoke on the telephone and accused him of infidelity.
That was how she stabbed him in the chest and killed him. There was no struggle between them. Their two children were taken away by the wife’s mother. She has a three-month-old baby.”
He demanded justice for his son, describing him as gentle and easy-going.
Acccording to Punch, the woman in her statement to the police said she acted in self defence.
A source told the newspaper that the woman claimed that her husband was the aggressor.
He said: “The woman said the deceased called her mobile phone sometime in the evening, but she missed the call. When he came back home around 1am on Saturday, he queried her whereabouts when he called her phone. He accused her of infidelity and charged at her with a knife. She then picked the kitchen knife and stabbed him in self-defence.”
The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Chike Oti, said the Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, was saddened by the rise in spousal killings.
“The CP advises couples to resolve their matrimonial disputes amicably without resorting to violence which may ultimately lead to the death of either of them.”