A man has killed his 55-year-old wife over alleged extramarital affair in Idekan settlement, Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.
Residents of the area who expressed shocked when a man named Matthew James killed his 55-year-old wife, Etim Mary, due to suspicions of her having an extramarital affair.
The incident occurred on Sunday.
Community and police sources said 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 pleaded anonymity, said the police operatives from the Ijebu-Igbo division had taken the suspect into custody.
The eyewitness also said that the suspect claimed he and the deceased woman had a “blood covenant” not to betray each other.
The source said, “They had a blood covenant that they would not leave each other. He suspected the wife was having an extramarital affair. The woman had been married before she met James.
”He married her when the woman was already ageing. She had grown up with children before James married her.
“James is claiming they both had a blood covenant not to leave each other for any reason. He just returned one morning with a machete and hacked the woman to death. He didn’t run away after committing the crime. He just stood beside her after.”
The Spokesperson for the State Police command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident on Monday, said that the wife was confirmed dead by the doctor after being rushed to the hospital by other residents.
She said, “She was found lying in the pool of her blood just in front of the house about 5:00 p.m. on Sunday. She had deep cuts on her forehead, shoulders, and other parts of her body.
”The husband was found with the blood-soaked machete which we believed he used to commit the crime.
”The body was taken to a general hospital in Ijebu-Igbo, where she was certified dead by a doctor on duty. Her corpse has been deposited at the Alayangbe Private Mortuary in Oke-Agbo, Ijebu-Igbo, for the autopsy.
“We will move the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department in Abeokuta as soon as the preliminary investigation is concluded.”
Source: Punch
