The suspect
A 35-year-old man, Mr Kingsley Igwe, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife with a kitchen knife.
The State Command Police Public Relations, CSP Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed the incident in a statement, in Awka, on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested at about 4 am on Thursday (today) by police operatives attached to 3-3 Police Station, Onitsha.
He said the suspect is a native of Nise in Awka South LGA but resident at Dueze Street, Otigba in 3-3 Area of Anambra State.
According Mohammed, the suspect allegedly ran amok in circumstances yet to be ascertained and attacked his wife, one Oyinye Obi, ‘f’ aged 31 years, with a kichen knife and inflicted multiple injuries all over her body.
Meanwhile, police detectives visited the scene and rushed the victim to Apex Hospital
for medical attention, but was certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor.
The corpse has been deposited at the hospital’s morgue for autopsy. The knife used in perpetrating the act was also recovered and registered as an exhibit.
He said the State Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Bala Kuryas, has directed the DPO to transfer the case to State CID, Awka, for discreet investigation in order to unravel the actual cause of the incident.
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