Husband kills wife over cooking argument in Lagos

A yet-to-be identified husband allegedly murdered his wife in the Olota area of the Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos over her failure to cook his meal last Thursday.

Punch Metro learnt that trouble started when the husband, who was said to have returned from work, discovered that the wife only prepared noodles rather than his favourite meal.

It was gathered from an eyewitness who did not want to be mentioned in the media because of fear of intimidation that the suspect left the deceased in the house after he had allegedly hit her on the crown of her head with what was believed to be a heavy object and beaten her to a pulp.

The source told Punch Metro that it was the neighbour who called the husband to tell him that his wife was convulsing.

All efforts by the husband and the neighbours to rush the convulsing wife to the hospital were said to have hit the rock as she was said to have died midway.

Although Punch correspondent learnt from a police source that the suspect had been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, had yet to confirm this as of the time the report was filed.

Speaking on the matter, a source in the Meiran Police Division said the suspect was arrested after the brother of the deceased victim approached the station about the matter.

The source said, “It was the brother of the deceased who came to report the matter. He said the husband killed his sister.

“However, nobody has come forward to tell us that it was her husband who killed her. We have arrested the husband. The matter has already been moved to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti.”