04 December, 2013

WOMAN ‘AXES’ HUSBAND TO DEATH

A middle-aged woman, Zenab Agbontine, has been arrested by men of the Edo State Police Command for allegedly axing her husband to death after a quarrel.
The woman was said to have used an axe to sever her husba
nd’s head when the latter was asleep in their home at Ubiane Aviele village near Auchi in Estako West Local Government.
Narrating what happened, the suspect said she had been married to her husband for nine years and that they had five children.
Zenab, who was paraded yesterday, said she was a farmer and that her husband was a night guard.

She said trouble started when he brought another woman home and asked her to leave.
Zenab said her refusal to leave made her husband to beat her and that she retaliated when she got hold of an object. She spoke in tears.
Commissioner of Police Foluso Adebanjo said the suspect would be charged to court after investigation has been completed.

Source: The Nation

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