Matilda Omonaiye/
A 40-year-old man, Kingsley Madukwe, has been held by the police in Ogun State for allegedly killing his wife with a slap.
NewsmakersNG learnt that Madukwe slapped his 40-year-old wife, a mother of eight, nursing a month-old baby to death when she allegedly refused to breastfeed their crying baby.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
The suspect, a commercial motorcyclist, reportedly got angry and slapped his late wife, Glory Madukwe, when she abandoned the crying baby, and attempted leaving the bedroom for the leaving room.
The slap, however, turned deadly as his wife who had complained of fatigue reportedly fell down and died on the spot.
Oyeyemi said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday after a report by one Chief Rafiu Gbadamosi, the Baale of Egando in Atan-Ota, that the couple had a minor misunderstanding as a result of which the husband beat the wife to death at about 11.30pm.
Oyeyemi added: “On the strength of the report, the DPO Atan Ota Division, SP Salau Abiodun, led his detectives to the scene where the suspect was promptly arrested.
“On interrogation, the suspect, an Okada rider who is an indigene of Ihiala in Anambra State, stated that his late wife, a mother of eight was having a month old baby and that the baby was crying which made him wake his wife up to breastfeed the baby, but she refused, claiming that she was too tired to breastfeed the baby at that time.
“He stated further that the victim got up and was going to the sitting room leaving the baby behind and this got him annoyed, consequent upon which he drew her back and gave her a hot slap.
“The woman there and then fell down and gave up the ghost. The corpse of the victim has been deposited at the General Hospital Ota mortuary for post mortem examination.”
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