The university town of Akungba Akoko in Ondo state was recently hit by tragedy when a middle aged woman, Omolara Jamiu allegedly smashed her husband’s head in his sleep with a pestle over alleged infidelity.
Omolara was said to carried out the morbid act over an allegation that Seidu Jamiu her husband has a secret lover.
An elder from Ibaka community of Akungba and the Seriki musulumi, Chief Awesu said some residents of the town raised alarm after seeing the body of Seidu in a pool of his own blood.
According to Chief Awesu, when the deceased was rushed to hospital but was com dead on arrival.
Police in Akungba Akoko have reportedly arrested the wife, omolara and the case has been transferred to Police headquarters in Akure.
When newsmen visited the home of the couple in Akungba, many sympathizer were seeing in the area with some of them describing the late Seidu Jamiu as a nice person who took care of the wife to the best of his ability to the extent of buying her a car and building a house.
The Ondo Police spokesman, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, stated that the wife reported the incident at the police station, claiming that unknown individuals killed her husband. No arrests have been made, but an investigation is ongoing.
The police spokesman clarified that the wife’s involvement in the incident is still being investigated, and no conclusions have been drawn yet.
