Carpenter, 45, strangles wife to death, throws body inside Lagos lagoon
A carpenter, Nnana Ononaku, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly strangling his wife to death and throwing her body into the lagoon.
The accused, 45, resident of No. 89, Oke Eri St., Oworonshoki, Lagos, was charged with murder.
His plea was not taken.
Ononaku allegedly committed the offence on February 15, at about 11.00 p.m. at Oke-Eri in Oworonshoki.
He was said to have strangled his wife, Iyabo Akinpelu, 48, before throwing her body into the lagoon.
The couple reportedly engaged in constant quarrels and one of their many fights led to the husband’s arrest by officers of a police station in Oworonshoki almost two weeks ago.
The suspect was said to have secured his release a day after his arrest and engaged his wife in another fight as he returned home. That would be their last fight as the wife reportedly died from the beating she received.
“Her body was found floating in the lagoon with her hands tied with a rope,” the prosecutor alleged.
Ononaku is facing a death sentence if found guilty.
The Chief Magistrate, A.O. Adegite, remanded the accused at the Ikoyi Prisons, pending an outcome of legal advice from the State Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
She adjourned the case until April 30 for the legal advice.
