Farmer Commits Su!cide After Hacking Wife With Cutlass In Edo | READ DETAILS
Faith Ukanwa
May 01, 2023
Farmer Commits Su!cide After Hacking Wife With Cutlass In Edo | READ DETAILS
A farmer, Friday Omosigho, has committed sui-cide after attacking his wife with a machete on the farm and leaving her in a pool of blood in Benin City, Edo State.
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A source said the incident happened at Ehiozevbaru Village in the Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state.
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The deceased was said to have accused his wife, Mercy Omosigho, of infidelity.
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The source said, "The deceased took the matter to the village meeting where some elders intervened to resolve the issue.
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"Apparently unsatisfied with the elders' verdict, he attacked his wife with a machete on the farm and abandoned her in the pool of blood to die.
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"He then called his younger brother that he had killed his wife and went home to commit sui-cide by drinking sniper."
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The Edo State Police Command's spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, said the man drank a substance suspected to be the insecticide, 'sniper.'
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He said the Divisional Police Officer of Egba Police Division received a call from one Monday Omosigho that he received a distress call that his junior brother, Friday Omosigho, committed suic-ide by drinking sniper, after attempting to murder his wife, Mercy Omosigho, over infidelity by giving her machete cut all over her body.
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He said the police moved to the scene and recovered the corpse of Friday who attempted to kill his wife and deposited it at the mortuary.
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"The wife, who was still alive, was taken to the hospital where she is receiving treatment.
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"Investigation on the matter is ongoing and the case has been transferred to the homicide department of the state command," the PPRO added.
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— Faith Ukanwa