CYRIACUS IZUEKWE
A 49-year old man, Lawrence Itape, has brutally murdered his wife, Rebecca Itape, 47, over water after he stabbed her with a kitchen knife and she bled to death in Lagos State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened on Monday 5th December, 2022, at their home in Seaside Estate, Badore, Ajah area of Lagos.
Following the ugly incident, the Police intelligence operatives at the Homicide Department of the State Criminal Investigation Department Yaba, Lagos, have arrested Lawrence and detained him, where he is undergoing interrogation over the alleged murder.
According to the Police, the husband, Lawrence, allegedly stabbed his late wife, Rebecca, with the kitchen knife on the neck and she was said to have bled profusely before she was rushed to an undisclosed hospital.
However, before the doctor would attend to her, she was already dead and her corpse was deposited at mortuary for autopsy report while the husband was arrested over her death.
Preliminary investigations showed that the couple had a disagreement over water. The argument degenerated into a fight and in the process, Lawrence allegedly used the kitchen knife to stab his wife in the neck.
The matter was reported to the Police at Langbasa, who effected Mr. Itape’s arrest.
The corpse of the deceased has been deposited at a mortuary in Yaba. According to Police sources, the man has been transferred to the State Criminal Investigations Department SCIID, Panti and will be charged to Court as soon as possible.
The suspect risks several years of imprisonment or life imprisonment if he is tried and found guilty before the Court for murder but that will be after the conclusion of investigations by the Police.