Man stabs his wife of 20yrs because of text messages he saw on her phone
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested 46-year-old man, Sobola Olatunji, a staff of Remo North Local government for allegedly stabbing his 38-year-old wife to death on mere suspicion of infidelity.
According to the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the suspect was arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa, that his son-in-law, Sobola Olatunji, had a misunderstanding with his wife, Momudat Sobola, which led to a physical fight between them. He further stated that in the process, Sobola Olatunji took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.
Upon the report, detectives were dispatched 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 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 the deceased had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University teaching hospital morgue for autopsy, “ Oyeyemi said.
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