By Mosjood Adebayo
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 46-year-old man, identified as Sobola Olatunji for allegedly stabbing to death, his 38-year-old wife on mere suspicious of infidelity.

The suspect was arrested following a complaint by the father of the deceased, Alhaji Ambali Yinusa, who reported at the Owode-Egba Divisional Headquarters that his son in law, Sobola had misunderstanding with his wife, Momudat which led to a physical fight between them.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement stated further that in the process, the husband took a knife and stabbed his wife at the back.

“Upon the report, the DPO, Owode-Egba Division, Matthew Ediae, a Chief Superintendent of Police dispatched his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested and the victim was quickly rushed to the hospital for treatment. But while the treatment was going on, the victim gave up the ghost”, he said

“On interrogation, the suspect who claimed to have married to the deceased for 20 years alleged that he suspected his wife to have been having extra marital relationship because of some text messages he found on her phone.

He stated further that it was when he challenged his late wife about his suspicions that fight broke out between them which eventually led to the death of the mother of three.

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The corpse of the deceased, according to Oyeyemi had been deposited at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu, morgue for autopsy.

Oyeyemi added that the Commissioner of Police, Edward Ajogun had ordered the immediate transfer of the case to the Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.