Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have apprehended a 47-year-old woman, Olanshile Nasirudeen, for allegedly killing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, for impregnating another woman.
The deceased met his death on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument with the woman.
Checkout Magazine learnt that the suspect was the fourth wife of the deceased and worked in the same abattoir with him.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday.
Oyeyemi noted that the woman stabbed her husband in the leg.
The PPRO added, “She started questioning the woman about her audacity to get pregnant for her husband.
“This led to a hot argument between her and the deceased, as a result of which the suspect picked a knife and stabbed the deceased at the back joint of his left leg, thereby cutting one of his veins.
“He was quickly rushed to a nearby hospital for first aid, and later transferred to the Ijebu-Ode General Hospital, where he eventually gave up the ghost while receiving treatment due to excessive bleeding.”
