Lauretta Fagbohun, Ogun

A 24-year-old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police command for stabbing his wife, Seun Mojiyagbe to death with scissors.

The incident was said to have happened on Wednesday at the Oke-Ola Area of Ode Remo in Remo-North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi disclosed this in a statement received by the Nigerian Newstrack on Wednesday.

Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police in Ode-Remo Divisional Headquarters at about 3pm on Wednesday.

The PPRO said. “The suspect locked himself and his wife Seun Mojiyagbe up in their room and started beating her. It was the wailing of the wife that attracted the neighbours who tried all efforts to persuade the suspect to open the door but he refused.

According to the PPRO, “Upon the distress call, the DPO Ode-Remo Division, CSP Olayemi Fagbohun, quickly mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the door to the couple’s apartment was forced open.

“The victim was met lying down unconscious in the pool of her own blood.“

She was quickly rushed to the state hospital in Isara Remo where she was pronounced dead by the doctor on duty.

“The husband was promptly arrested and taken into custody, while the corpse of the victim has been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.”

The PPRO, however, said the Commissioner of Police, Lanre Bankole has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to the homicide section of the state Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation with the view to charging him to court as soon as possible.