Tobias Sylvester
Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, who allegedly stabbed her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, 51, to death for impregnating another woman in Ijebu-Ode.
It was gathered that the suspect was the fourth wife to the deceased before she reportedly stabbed her husband, a co-butcher, for impregnating another woman.
The command spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said the incident happened on Wednesday during an argument over a plan by the deceased to bring in another wife.
“The suspect was arrested, following a distress call received by the DPO Obalende Divisional Headquarters, Ijebu Ode, that the suspect who is a co- butcher with the deceased, sighted a woman who her husband recently impregnated at the abattoir, and she started questioning the woman about her audacity to get pregnant for her husband.”
The police explained that an argument ensued between the couple when the woman reportedly questioned the woman for getting pregnant with her husband
“The suspect picked a knife and stabbed the deceased at the back joint of his left leg, thereby, cutting one of his veins. He was quickly rushed to a nearby hospital for First Aid, and later transferred to Ijebu Ode General Hospital where he eventually gave up the ghost while receiving treatment, due to excessive bleeding,” Mr Oyeyemi added.
The police said the suspect went into hiding but was subsequently traced, and was arrested at her hideout at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode.
“On interrogation, the suspect, who happened to be the fourth wife of the deceased, claimed that it was her husband who first slapped her simply because she asked his new wife her mission at her market stand,” the spokesperson said.
Mr Oyeyemi said the corpse of the deceased had been released to the family for burial in accordance with Islamic rights after the autopsy has been conducted on it.
Meanwhile, the suspect will be transferred to the homicide section of the state criminal investigation and intelligence department, for investigation and prosecution, the police said.
KanyiDaily had also reported how a 29-year-old man confessed to the killing of a housewife and her four-year-old son for money rituals in Ogun State.
