A 48-year-old man
(names withheld), has allegedly killed his wife for not being able to give
birth to a male child.
The deceased, 46,
simply identified as Mama Feyi, was heavily pregnant when she was allegedly
stabbed to death by the husband during an early morning dispute.
LEADERSHIP gathered
that the alleged murderer who hails from Abusoro area in Akure, Ondo State, has
since been arrested and is presently being detained at the Ala divisional
police station.
Eye witness accounts
say the suspect has been having a running battle with his deceased wife for
over two years shortly after the woman gave birth to their fourth daughter.
Sources say trouble
began a month ago before the brutal murder when the husband complained aloud
that his deceased wife is incapable of bearing him a male child and the
incident led to a fierce altercation between the couple.
Shocked neighbours
expressed disbelief at the death of mama Feyi when one of their next door
neighbour, Mr. Isijola, said he was awakened by loud arguments coming from
their room very early in the morning.
“I ignored them as it
is a norm for them to always argue and have altercations. I decided to ignore
them at first but when the noise was getting unbearable, I stepped into their
room only to find the lifeless body of the woman on the floor, lying in the
pool of her blood. I saw the man holding a knife and he threatened to stab me
if I don’t leave.
Isijola continued, “It
was when I discovered that he may abscond that I alerted the police who
immediately came to arrest him.”
Narrating the
incident, daughter of the deceased, Feyisara, said, “It all started on Sunday
after my mummy had cooked rice. She asked me to go and collect money from my
father to prepare stew and on getting to him, he started shouting. But he later
gave me N500 which my mum refused to collect. They both argued and had a fight.
I had to make a distress call to neighbours to settle the dispute”.
According to the
daughter of the deceased, “the quarrel started at about 6am when my mum asked
him to give her some money for her ante-natal but he refused. They started
fighting and before we knew it, daddy brought out a knife and stabbed mummy to
death
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