Woman stabs Husband to death in Bayelsa State

The police in Bayelsa State
have arrested a 27 years
old woman who allegedly
stabbed her husband to
death in the Azikoro
suburb of Yenagoa the
state capital.
The woman identified as
Osas Omorege according
to eyewitnesses stabbed
her spouse, Chukwuma
Iwu over alleged marital
squabbles.
It was gathered that
trouble started when the
wife of the deceased
suspected he was having
extra marital affairs due to
his alleged late night
outings.
The tragic incident which
threw the rustic Azikoro
settlement into mourning
occurred last Friday when
the deceased reportedly
received a phone call
which the wife suspected
was from one of his lovers.
The wife's suspicion and
anger over the phone call
the source said, might
have been fuelled by his
alleged absence from
home for two days.
"After returning late to his
matrimonial home he
received a phone call
which the wife suspected
was coming from his
girlfriend and attempted
to stop him from
answering it", the source
added.
Consequently, a scuffle
ensued and the deceased
ordered his wife to move
out of the house with her
belongings, the source
further said.
Angered by the wife's
refusal to comply with his
order the deceased was
said to have reached for a
kitchen knife ostensibly to
frighten her but she was
adamant.
Immediately he dropped
the knife, the wife was
said to have picked the
said knife and stabbed the
husband on the chest.
The loud cry of the
husband for help attracted
neighbours who rushed to
the scene and took him to
the health facility in the
community where he was
confirmed dead.
The woman it was learnt
turned in herself to the
police where she is
currently in detention and
assisting them in their
investigation into the
matter.
Contacted, the Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr.
Fidelis Odunna (DSP)
confirmed the incident
saying the woman
voluntarily gave up herself
to the police. He said she
would be charged to court
for murder.