A 42-year-old farmer, identified as Matthew Bem, has allegedly killed his wife, Mngusonum Bem, in Korinya Settlement, Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue State.
The suspect was remanded on Friday in a correction centre in Makurdi, the state capital by the Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court.
The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Godwin Ato, told the court that the case was transferred from the Divisional Police Headquarters, Tse-Agberagba, on Oct. 26, 2023, via a letter dated the same day.
Ato said the letter stated that on Oct. 24, 2023, information was received from the officer-in-charge of Korinya Police Station that a man had killed his wife.
The letter stated that on that same fateful Oct. 24, the defendant and his 30-year-old wife engaged in a fight and in the process, the defendant picked a knife and stabbed his wife, who bled to death on the spot.
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The prosecutor said the defendant was arrested during a police investigation, and he voluntarily confessed to committing the crime.
He said the offence contravened section 222 of the penal code law of Benue, 2004.
The Chief Magistrate, Mr T.K. Atta, rejected the plea for want of jurisdiction by the defendant and adjourned the matter until Dec. 20, 2023, for further mention.
In another development, no fewer than five people lost their lives in an accident that occurred at Mpape, a settlement close to the Maitama District of Abuja, on Thursday.
It was gathered that the accident occurred when a truck conveying sand had a brake failure.
Confirming the incident to the press in the state, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FCT Command, Chorrie Mutaa, said the corps rescue team “recovered five dead bodies and 10 injured persons.”
Mutaa added that 13 vehicles, including the truck and a motorcycle, were involved in the accident.