A woman, Favour Odoba, has killed her husband, Momo Jimoh Jamiu, also known as Abdul-Kadir Nagazi, in Okene, Kogi State, over claims that he married a second wife.
Sources said the couple had been married for about nine years without a child and that trouble began after the man married another woman who gave birth about two months ago.
A relative of the deceased, identified simply as Onono, said, “Favour was married to him for nine years without a child. After he married another woman who recently gave birth, Favour invited him to spend the night with her. She later returned his dead body to a hospital.”
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It was gathered that the suspect dumped the corpse at the hospital and fled. Medical sources were said to have raised suspicion of food poisoning and injections involving harmful substances after tests were conducted, although the exact cause of death was yet to be established.
The spokesperson of the command, CSP William Aya, said, “Investigation is ongoing to determine the actual cause of death and the circumstances surrounding it. The woman, said to be the wife of the deceased, is currently on the run. Efforts are being intensified to arrest her to assist with the investigation.”
