There was tension in Ehiozevbaru Village in the Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State as a farmer, identified as Friday Omosigho, ended his life after attacking his wife with a machete on the farm and leaving her in a pool of blood.
According to a source within the community, the deceased carried out the act following accusations that his wife, Mercy Omosigho, was cheating on him.
The matter, the source confirmed, had been reported to the village meeting where some elders intervened to resolve the issue.
“Apparently unsatisfied with the elders’ verdict, he attacked his wife with a machete on the farm and abandoned her in the pool of blood to die.
“He then called his younger brother that he had killed his wife and went home to commit suicide by drinking sniper,” the source said.
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Confirming this, the Edo State Police Command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the man drank a substance suspected to be the insecticide, ‘sniper.’
Nwabuzor said the Divisional Police Officer of Egba Police Division received a call from one Monday Omosigho that he received a distress call that his junior brother, Friday Omosigho, committed suicide by drinking sniper, after attempting to murder his wife, Mercy Omosigho, over infidelity by giving her machete cut all over her body.
He said the police moved to the scene and recovered the corpse of Friday who attempted to kill his wife and deposited it at the mortuary.
According to the PPRO, “The wife, who was still alive, was taken to the hospital where she is receiving treatment.
“Investigation on the matter is ongoing and the case has been transferred to the homicide department of the state command.”