A 30-year-old guy, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has allegedly stabbed his newlywed spouse, Olajumoke, to dying at Superb Grace Property, Elepe within the Ikorodu branch of Lagos Order.
The incident was once mentioned to have took place on Friday next a sizzling argument between the couple.
The Lagos Order Police Command, month confirming the incident in a remark by means of its spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Saturday mentioned that Motunrayo stabbed the 25-year-old spouse a couple of instances all the way through the altercation, locked her within the room, and all set it on fireplace.
He added that the suspect additionally inflicted wounds on himself next committing the work.
A group of policemen who arrived on the scene have been on the other hand mentioned to have extinguished the hearth and next that found out Olajumoke’s dead frame with belly wounds.
The remark learn partially, “A misery name was once gained on October 4 at Ikorodu Category {that a} newly wedded couple, one Motunrayo Olaniyi, elderly 30, and his spouse Olajumoke, elderly 25 years, allegedly in demand in a home scuffle of their room at Superb Grace Property, Elepe, Ikorodu.
“Within the procedure, the husband reportedly stabbed the spouse to dying, locked her within the room, and all set it ablaze, month 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.”
The police spokesperson additional mentioned that Olaniyi was once rescued and in a rush to a close-by health facility the place he was once handled and spared earlier than being taken into police custody.
In keeping with him, a initial investigation after distinguishable that the suspect stabbed his spouse all the way through the altercation and inflicted minor wounds on himself.
“The corpse has been deposited at Ikorodu General Hospital morgue for autopsy. Investigation is in progress”, he concluded.