Detectives in Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh, aged 51, to death.
The incident occurred at Ijebu Ode town in the state on Wednesday, May 19, 2021.
According to the police spokesman in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested after a distress call received by the Divisional Police Officer, SP Murphy Salami, at Obalende divisional headquarters, Ijebu Ode, that the suspect, a butcher with the deceased, got to know that her husband had impregnated a lady.
Unhappy with the act, Mrs Nasirudeen was said to have queried the pregnant lady on why she could get to that level with her man.
The PPRO said that this led to an argument between her and the deceased, leading to the suspect picking a knife to injure her husband 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,” Oyeyemi stated.
On receiving the distress call, SP Salami led his men to the scene, but the suspect was not found until she was tracked and arrested at Mobalufon area of the town.
The police spokesman said that when she was interrogated, Mrs Nasirudeen, 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.
He added that the corpse of the deceased had been released to the family for burial, in accordance with Islamic rights, after the autopsy had been conducted.
The state Commissioner of Police, Edward Awolowo Ajogun, in his reaction, ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for discreet investigation and prosecution.
