by Jewel Stephen

A murderer, Ismail Yakubu, says a prophet of God advised him to kill his wife because she was the cause of his problems.

Yakubu was arrested after he butchered his wife, Silifat Yakubu, and dumped her in a river in the neighbourhood. He confessed to the police that a certain prophet told him that his wife was using his star, which made it impossible for him to progress in life.

The incident happened around Araromi Ale-Olorunda Local Council Development Area of Lagos State. An eyewitness say the victim was thought to have been used for rituals, due to the absence of her eyes, breasts and uterus, when her corpse was found.

Iya Korede, a woman who resides beside the victim’s shop, revealed that the deceased was the one who built the house they resided in and had also bought him a bus for commercial purpose.

“Most of the people in the area do not know her husband because he goes early to work and comes back late. But his wife is a very hard working woman. She built the house they live in. As if that was not enough, she bought a commercial bus for him. What else does he want? If he was tired of the marriage, he should have driven her away instead of killing her. The world is truly a wicked place. How can a man kill his own wife? The same woman who bore him three male children, for goodness sake? It is only God that will save us.”

Meanwhile, the Lagos Police spokesperson, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, disclosed that the murderer was presently in police custody, adding the investigation into the crime was ongoing.