Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old
business, Ezekiel Igbokwe for allegedly killing his wife’s lover, Victor
Olatundun. Igbokwe was said to have killed Olatundun after he caught him having
sex with his wife at their matrimonial home.
The suspect allegedly committed the crime on Wednesday, July
27 at about 12am at Peace Lodge on Itura Street, Awa Ijebu, Ijebu area of Ogun
State and was arrested by the police the next day.
Igbokwe and his 28-year-old wife were among the 23 suspects
paraded at the Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on
Thursday. Igbokwe, who said he was a businessman, explained that he had
returned from his trip to Onitsha and met Victor on top of his wife on their
matrimonial bed.
He said he picked a machete in the toilet and cut the victim
in the neck and hand. Olatundun reportedly died on the way to the hospital.
He said to the Punch, "I travelled to Onitsha on July 25, and when I came
back on July 27, I met a man inside my room making love to my wife. Then we
started fighting. The man was stronger than me, when I saw he could overpower
me, I got a cutlass in my toilet and dealt him blows in the hand and neck. On
the way to the hospital, the fuel in the car finished and he died."
Igbokwe said he committed the crime due to anger, adding
that he never meant to kill the victim.
He claimed that he had never met Olatundun before, saying he
also never suspected that his wife was having an extra-marital affair with
anyone. Igbokwe and his wife, Juliet, have three children aged nine, seven and
five.
Juliet said her alleged lover had been pressurising her for
a relationship for some time. She explained that she had always told him she
was married, but the victim never gave up until he ended up at their
matrimonial home on that night. Juliet, who said she sold snuff, said Victor
was her supplier and he pestered her for six months before she finally gave in.
She said she suspected that the deceased used a charm on
her, as she could not explain how it all happened.
She said, "He had been disturbing me that he wanted to marry
me, but I said I was married. On the day of the incident, I really can’t say if
he used a charm on me. All I know is that he called me that he wanted to see me
and I told him not to come; he knew my house and when he came, I didn’t know
what happened.
"He used to come and deliver snuff to me in the house. On
the day of the incident, he told me he was coming from somewhere and that it
was already late. He wanted to sleep in our place till the next day. He didn’t
know that my husband was away. He tried to sleep with me, but later he didn’t."
Juliet, who claimed that she got married to her husband in
2005, said the husband did not take good care of her and the children.
She said their marriage had been turbulent and fraught with
fights and quarrels. The mother of three said each time there was a fight, her
husband would leave the house for months.
8 Comments
I don't support murder but I think he did the right thing.
ReplyDeleteThe world is hurting. God help us!
ReplyDeleteGoodness!!!
ReplyDeleteIrresponsible woman
ReplyDeleteEven the man does same thing that's why he leaves home with slightest quarrel.
ReplyDeleteChoi! Women can be promiscuous!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a pity.
ReplyDeleteServes him right.
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