Woman Stabs Husband To Death Over Presidential Candidate

Lagos state police have arrested a 26-year-old pregnant woman who allegedly stabbed her husband to death during a quarrel over who would emerge as winner between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidates, while voting was on-going over the  weekend in Ejigbo.

The incident, which threw the densely populated area into chaos, occurred at about 12 noon inside the couple’s one room apartment at 81 Military zone junction, Vanguard reports.
There were different accounts on how tragedy struck. One version was that the couple had different views on their choice of presidential candidates. While the husband was said to have decided to vote for the PDP, his wife, called Onyiyechi, reportedly chose to vote for the presidential candidate of the APC. An argument which degenerated into a fight over whose choice would hold sway reportedly ensued between them.
In the process, Onyiyechi allegedly stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife in the chest region.

Another version said the deceased, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, told his pregnant wife to take the okro she was grating inside the room, to the veranda which also served as kitchen, an instruction she reportedly disobeyed, following which an argument occurred which led to a fight.
When Vanguard visited the scene of the incident yesterday, the couple’s apartment was locked. Their neighbours however described the suspect as an amicable person who had never quarreled with anyone since she moved into the building.
One of the tenants who spoke on condition of anonymity told Vanguard that they did not witness how the suspect allegedly stabbed her husband.
But he explained that, “ We were all outside waiting to vote when Onyiyechi rushed out, shouting for help. Out of curiosity, we all ran inside, only to discover blood all over the ground, on entering their apartment.
”On closer observation, we noticed that the blood was from her husband chest region. We met him on the ground. Before we could rush him to the hospital, he gave up the ghost.”
He would have probably survived the attack had Onyiyechi called for help earlier. From all indications, it was clear that she tried to manage the situation immediately the incident occurred. It was when she discovered that the situation had overwhelmed her that she raised the alarm.

”I do not know the name of her husband. We only know that of his wife, who we fondly call Onyiyechi. The irony of this matter is that she is not cantankerous.
”She has never beaten a little child, let alone to fight with any neighbor. Again on that day, we saw both of them together. They were seen sitting outside, one hour before the incident occurred. Policemen from Ejigbo later came to remove the corpse to the Isolo morgue”.