A man has been stabbed to death by
his wife, during a fight at their home in Ikorodu, Lagos. Southwest Nigeria
According to wife, who is a teacher
and a mother of two, she stabbed him in self defense, after being pinned down
by the deceased, who she claimed was always beating her.
During the interview, the sobbing
woman said: “I didn’t kill him intentionally. He was always battering me.
Today, he pinned me down and started beating me again.
I picked the knife to scare him, but
I mistakenly stabbed him. I couldn’t have killed my husband intentionally. In
the past, I used to run out of the house when being beaten, but today, he
locked everywhere to prevent my escape.
My family have told me to divorce
him but I didn’t want to, because he is the husband of my youth and we already
have two children together. You can ask around, everyone knows he beats me
always.
”
The wife has since been arrested . The incidence of
homicide particularly of the husband has been more frequent in the recent past On
3rd of May, 2018,, Mr. Otike Odibi, aged 50years from Kwale, Delta State, was
allegedly killed in his home at Diamond Estate, Sango-Tedo Lagos, by his wife
