Man, 40, “beats wife to death over adultery claims” in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Femi Adebowale, for allegedly beating his wife, Kuburat to death.
The incident happened on Monday at their residence in Agbado area of the state.
The state police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said in a statement on Friday that Kuburat, 37, had asked her husband for money she would spend on her younger brother’s naming ceremony.
Femi, according to the statement, gave his wife N10,000 but she insisted that the money was not enough, which led to a fight that resulted in her death.
Kuburat’s younger brother, Shakiru Alao, lodged a complaint at the police station that Femi beat the woman to death over allegations of adultery, prompting his arrest.
“In the suspect’s statement, he alleged that the deceased had been involving in act of infidelity for quite some time to the extent that she was dating their next door neighbour,” the spokesperson said.
The state Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has ordered that the case should be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.
