{"id":133379,"date":"2024-10-06T22:58:54","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T21:58:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/police-arrest-husband-for-stabbing-newlywed-wife-to-death-in-lagos"},"modified":"2024-10-07T00:23:25","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T23:23:25","slug":"police-arrest-husband-for-stabbing-newlywed-wife-to-death-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/police-arrest-husband-for-stabbing-newlywed-wife-to-death-in-lagos","title":{"rendered":"Police arrest husband for stabbing newlywed wife to death in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old newlywed man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Olajumoke, to death.<\/p>\n<p>The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the murder case on Saturday in Lagos.<\/p>\n<p>Hundeyin said that the incident happened on Friday at about 1:00 pm in Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe, in the Ikorodu area of the state.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ikorodu Division received a distress call concerning the incident.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA distress call was received at Ikorodu Division that a newlywed couple allegedly engaged in a domestic scuffle in their room and in the process, the husband stabbed the wife to death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe locked her in the room and set it ablaze, while he inflicted wounds on himself,\u201d the image maker said.<\/p>\n<p>The PPRO said that the police stormed the scene of the incident based on the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA team of detectives visited the scene where the fire was put out, the lifeless body of the wife was met lying on the floor with wounds on her abdominal part.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe husband was rescued with injury, rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was treated, discharged and taken into police custody.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon interrogation, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect stabbed his wife during an altercation between them and he gave himself the mild stabs,\u201c he said.<\/p>\n<p>Hundeyin said that the corpse had been deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, investigation was ongoing to unravel the circumstances surrounding the incident.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old newlywed man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, for allegedly stabbing his 25-year-old wife, Olajumoke, to death. The command\u2019s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the murder case on Saturday in Lagos. 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