A cetain, Femi Adebowale,40, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for beating his wife, Kuburat, 37, to death. ...
The sad incident happened on Monday at their residence in Agbado area of the state.
According to a statement on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, the deceased was said to have asked her husband for money to spend at her younger brother's naming ceremony, she was given N10,000 which she turned down saying it was not enough. This later led to a fight that eventually claimed her life, the statement said.
The suspect was arrested after the deceased’s younger brother, Shakiru Alao, reported at Agbado Division that his elder sister had been beaten to death by the husband over allegation of adultery.
“In the suspect’s statement, he alleged that the deceased had been involving in act of infidelity for quite some time to the extent that she was dating their next door neighbour.State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Iliyasu, has however ordered that the case be transferred to the homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for further investigation and possible prosecution of the suspect.
