Another man murders his wife in Lagos

A man, whose identity was given as James Kafaru Esougi, Friday, allegedly murdered his wife in her sleep in Lagos State.

The tragic incident occurred at their No 8 Araromi Street, Egbeda residence.

The ugly development is coming barely one month after Lekan Shonde allegedly killed his wife in Egbeda area of the state.



According to the sister in-in-law who simply identified herself as Vero, the suspect after committing the crime started manifesting strange characters when they became aware of the incident, The Nation reports.

Vero said, “We were sleeping when my sister’s husband came out to wake the first son to go and urinate. This was about 4am. When the boy went in to wake the mother, he saw that she was not responding. He shook her vigorously and got no response and quickly ran to call me. When I got there, I also shook her with the aim of waking her but got no response. Touching her legs, I observed that it was very cold. I shuddered and quickly removed that cloth on her face.

‘It was then that I saw that the husband had used a knife to slash her neck. He cut the vein that holds the neck and the head. She was in a pool of her own blood. Goose pimples overwhelmed me and the children. They were traumatized as they saw the lifeless body of the mother drenched with blood.

“When we were doing all these, the husband sat on the floor vomiting black things and defecating right there. Thereafter, I raised the alarm and neighbours came to apprehend him. The police was later invited to whisk him away.”