Men of Ogun State Police Command on Wednesday 11th of September 2019, arrested one Kingsley Madukwe ‘m’ 40yrs for beaten his 40yrs old wife Glory Madukwe to death.
The arrest of the suspect followed a report by one Chief Rafiu Gbadamosi the Baale of Egando in Atan-Ota that the couple have a minor misunderstanding as a result of which the husband beat the wife to death at about 11:30pm.
On the strength of the report, the DPO Atan Ota division SP Salau Abiodun led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested. On interrogation, the suspect an okada rider who is an indigene of Ihiala in Anambra State, stated that his Late wife a mother of eight was having a month old baby and that the baby was crying which made him to wake his wife up to breastfeed the baby, but she refused claiming that she was too tired to breastfeed the baby at that time.
He stated further that the victim got up and was going to the sitting room leaving the baby behind and this got him annoyed, consequent upon which he drew her back and gave her a hot slap. The woman there and then fell down and gave up the ghost. The corpse of the victim has been deposited at the General Hospital Ota mortuary for post mortem examination.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, CP Bashir Makama has ordered the immediate transfer of the suspect to Homicide Section of the State Criminal Investigation and intelligence Department for further investigation and prosecution.
