A 46-year-old man, Sobola Olatunji, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death on suspicion of infidelity.
Olatunji, a staff of Remo North Local Government was arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, one Alhaji Ambali Yinusa who reported at Owode-Egba divisional headquarters that his son in law Sobola Olatunji has misunderstanding with his wife Momudat Sobola which led to a physical fight between them.
The Ogun Police Spokesperson, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi in a statement made available to Blueprint in Abeokuta Monday further stated that in the ensued fight, the suspects took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.
Upon the report, the DPO Owode-Egba division, Csp Matthew Ediae dispatched his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and the victim was quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment. But while the treatment was going on, the victim gave up the ghost.
On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have been married to the deceased for 20yrs alleged that he suspected his wife to have been having extra marital relationship because of some text messages he saw on her phone.
He stated further that it was when he challenged his late wife about his suspicions that fight broke out between them which eventually led to the death of the mother of three.
The corpse of the deceased had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital morgue for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Cp Edward A. Ajogun has ordered the immediate transfer of the case to homicide section of the State criminal investigation and intelligence department for further investigation and prosecution.
