In a fit of rage, 30-year-old Motunrayo Olaniyi has allegedly stabbed his newlywed wife, Olajumoke, to death in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred on Friday at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe in Ikorodu, following a heated argument between the couple.
Motunrayo stabbed the 25-year-old wife multiple times during the altercation, locked her in the room, and set fire to it.
Confirming the incident, the state command’s spokesman, DSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect also inflicted wounds on himself after committing the act.
A team of policemen who arrived at the scene had, however, helped to extinguish the fire and discovered Olajumoke’s lifeless body with abdominal wounds.
“A distress call was received on October 4 at Ikorodu Division that a newlywed couple, one Motunrayo Olaniyi, aged 30, and his wife Olajumoke, aged 25 years, allegedly engaged in a domestic scuffle in their room at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe, Ikorodu.
“In the process, the husband reportedly stabbed the wife to death, locked her in the room, and set it ablaze, while he inflicted wounds on himself.
“Police from the Ikorodu Division responded to a distress call and put out the fire. They found Olajumoke’s lifeless body with abdominal wounds,” a statement by the spokesman said.
He said Olaniyi was rescued and rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was treated and discharged before being taken into police custody.
According to him, a preliminary investigation later revealed that the suspect stabbed his wife during the altercation and inflicted minor wounds on himself.
Meanwhile, the corpse of the woman has been deposited at the Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy while investigation into the incident has begun.
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