By Emeka Mamah

A middle -aged man weekend, ran amock and killed his pregnant wife of over 15 years for allegedly plucking a corncob from his farm.

The woman, whose name was given simply as Mama Chinyere, was expecting twin babies at the time she was allegedly murdered by her husband, whose name was given by the police as Remigius Odo.

The incident happened last Saturday evening while it was drizzling. The couple was said to be living happily before the sudden change of behavior by Remigius.

A source at the police headquarters in Enugu said the couple initially experienced problems when the late wife was giving birth to female children only as the husband became hostile to him, but the relationship was said to have been normalized as she started giving birth to male children lately.

Remigius was said to have become furious when he saw his late wife with the corncob which she plucked from the farm near their compound. When he reportedly questioned the wife, she was said to had explained that the only thing that appealed to her appetite was roasted corn.

The man, according neighbours, later invited his late wife inside the house from the kitchen where she was eating the maize with five of their children and killed her.

The Police source said it was later discovered that the woman was expecting a set of twins at the time she was killed, adding that the corpse of the deceased was deposited in a hospital morgue at Enugu Ezike as investigations were still going on.

Meanwhile, it was gathered that homicide detectives have concluded plans to examine the suspect with a view to ascertaining if he was normal before murdering his wife over a corncob from their own farm.

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