Man kills wife’s lover on matrimonial bed

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old businessman, Ezekiel Igbokwe, for allegedly killing his wife’s lover, Victor Olatundun.

The suspect allegedly committed the offence at about 12am on July 27 at Peace Lodge on Itura Street, Awa Ijebu, Ijebu-North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

Igbokwe, an electronics dealer in Ago Iwoye said he returned from his trip and saw the deceased making love to his wife, and a fight ensued.

He said, “I travelled to Onitsha on July 25, and when I came back on July 27, I met a man inside my room making love to my wife. Then we started fighting. The man was stronger than me. When I saw he could overpower me, I got a cutlass in my toilet and dealt him blows in the hand and neck. On the way to the hospital, the fuel in the car finished and he died.”

He said he never suspected his wife of infidelity before the incident, adding, “it is not my intention to waste a soul like this. It is Satan’s work; if I really know it will be like this, I would have walked away.

“My aim was to injure him, go to the police station and make a report. It is obvious this is Satan’s work. We did not quarrel before I went to Onitsha. She has three children for me. But I got to know my wife had one child before we met.”

Igbokwe and his 28-year-old wife, Juliet were among 23 suspects paraded at the Ogun State Police Command headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, on Thursday, for various offences ranging from murder to illegal possession of firearms and ammunition.

Juliet, who sobbed intermittently, said her relationship with her husband was not the best as he always left her and the children alone anytime they had a quarrel.

She also said that her alleged lover had been pestering her with the intention of marrying her and she believed he used charm on her.

Juliet, who said she sold snuff, said Victor was her supplier and he pestered her for six months before she finally gave in.

She said, “He had been disturbing me that he wanted to marry me, but I said I was married.

“On the day of the incident, I really can’t say if he used a charm on me. All I know is that he called me that he wanted to see me and I told him not to come; he knew my house and when he came, I didn’t know what happened.

“He used to come and deliver snuff to me in the house. On the day of the incident, he told me he was coming from somewhere and that it was already late. He wanted to sleep in our place till the next day. He didn’t know that my husband was away. He tried to sleep with me, but later he didn’t.”

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