One Motunrayo Olaniyi has killed his newlywed wife, Olajumoke, over allegation of having romantic affairs with his brother.
The 30-year-old man stabbed his wife whom he married three months ago to death at their residence in Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State on Friday.
His brutal act according to report, was the culmination of the infidelity allegations he levelled against the 25-year-old wife.
The accusation bordered on her allegedly sleeping with his brother, saying the pregnancy she carried belonged to his sibling.
It resulted in an altercation between them, and in the heat of that moment he stabbed her multiple times, locked her in the room and set the building ablaze.
Olaniyi also injured himself.
“A distress call was received on October 4 at Ikorodu Division that a newly wedded couple, one Motunrayo Olaniyi, aged 30, and his wife Olajumoke, aged 25 years, allegedly engaged in a domestic scuffle in their room at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe, Ikorodu.
“In the process, the husband reportedly stabbed the wife to death, locked her in the room, and set it ablaze, while he inflicted wounds on himself.
“Police from the Ikorodu Division responded to a distress call and put out the fire. They found Olajumoke’s lifeless body with abdominal wounds,” the spokesperson, Lagos State Police Command Benjamin Hundeyin narrated in an account he gave.
