A butcher has allegedly stabbed his wife to death for not allowing him to use the cooking gas to boil water for bathing after work.
The incident was said to have happened on Thursday in the Warri metropolis of Delta State.
This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Delta State Command, DSP Bright Edafe, on Saturday.
Edafe, in the statement, said that when the suspect tried to scoop hot water from the fire to bathe on returning from the market where he butchered and sold meat, his wife refused.
She was said to have asked him not to touch the gas cooker, alleging that he did not provide money for house upkeep or to fill their cooking gas.
However, the suspect, who is now in police custody, was said to have ignored his wife and forced his way to the gas cooker to scoop the water.
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A fight broke out between the couple, following the butcher’s action, Edafe reported.
The butcher reportedly killed his wife during the fight.
The spokesperson, narrating the incident, said, “In the ensuing scuffle, the wife was said to have rushed for a kitchen knife with the intention to stab her hubby.
“But the man reportedly overpowered the wife and forcefully collected the knife from her which he used to stab the woman several times until she collapsed.
“Upon realising what he had done, the suspect carried the injured wife to a private hospital but she gave up the ghost while undergoing treatment.
“The case was reported at the Warri division by the couple’s daughter leading to the arrest of the suspect who is currently in detention and would be charged to court after investigations.”