A 47-year-old farmer, Mr. Godwin Idon, has been arrested by the
Nigerian Police in Edo state, for allegedly killing his 40-year-old
wife of 14 years, Maris, over the disappearance of his bank passbook and
a land document in their apartment.
Edo State police
commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, who paraded Idon and 40 other suspects
before journalists in Benin, said the sad incident occurred on 26 July
at Uzeba community in Owan West Local Government Area of the state.
He
said the suspect had accused his wife of stealing the land document and
the bank particulars, an allegation the woman allegedly denied.
Not
satisfied with the woman’s explanation, the suspect was alleged to have
pounced on his wife, reached out for a knife and stab her to death.
Among
the suspects paraded were three men said to be the kidnappers of the
three female teachers in Ekemwan community, Ovia North East Local
Government area of the State have been arrested.
The teachers,
Mrs. Patience Osadolor, Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene who were
abducted at gunpoint in Orhogbua Primary School, Ekenwan village, during
school hours, were released by their abductors after 14 days in
captivity and the payment of N5 million ransom.
Also, the police
commissioner disclosed that about a hundred suspected criminals have
been arrested in the State within the last two months.
According
to him, “People ask… what is the police doing? We are doing a lot
quietly, because we would not want to jeopardize the lives of kidnap
victims.
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