Damilola Ayeni, a 23-year-old housewife, has been arrested by the police in Lagos for allegedly stabbing her husband, Olumide, to death at their house on Bamgbose Street, Lagos Island over suspicion of infidelity.
The woman was said to have stabbed the 36-year-old, after which in the chest and was rushed to the Lagos Island General Hospital where he died.
Sunday Ayeni, the deceased’s father, who reported the case to the police, said that the couple’s marriage was fraught with disagreements.
“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.
“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.
The suspect, who was arrested by policemen from the Lion Building division, had reportedly been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba.
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,” Oti Said.
A female lawyer, Udeme Odibi, stabbed her husband, Udeme Odibi, to death at Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, Ajah area of the state and Abimbola Olamide, a teacher, stabbed her husband, Dare Akinbobola, to death at their residence in Ikorodu.
Both incidents happened in May.
