Nigerian Tribune July 1, 2010


Man butchers wife over infidelity

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Written by Sam Nwaoko, Awka Thursday, 01 July 2010

A man in his late 50s has allegedly butchered his wife with machete over suspected infidelity.


The man, Nwankwo Nnabuobu, was alleged to have slaughtered his wife, Adamma, 40, with a machete after which he allegedly ripped his own stomach open at Achalla in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State.


Nnabuobu, who was paraded along with 11 other suspects for various offences by the police in Anambra State , told journalists when probed that it was “the devil that made him to do it.”


The police said the man ripped open his stomach with the same cutlass “in a bid to escape justice and to fulfil the tradition of the Achalla people.


While the suspect blamed the devil, the police said the man was infuriated, when he allegedly learnt that his wife attended a church service in company of her suspected lover.


The state police commissioner, Mr Philemon Leha, who briefed newsmen, also said the man alleged that his N130,000 he was saving to buy a motorcycle was stolen by his wife.


Leha said the police rescued the man to the hospital where he was treated, pointing out that when the suspect fully recovered, he would be charged to court accordingly.


He called for the continued cooperation of the people of the state as the police continued to battle criminals in the state.