Mother of 4 kills husband over
N100 in Ilorin— Tragedy struck, yesterday, at Oloje area
of Ilorin
when a housewife simply identified as Mariam
allegedly
struck her bricklayer husband to death with a stick
following altercations between them over N100. Vanguard reliably gathered that the woman, a
mother of four
all late, had recently returned into her matrimonial
home after
she parted ways with her husband following
irreconcilable differences. The incident which occurred yesterday, had since
thrown the
community into mourning as sympathisers
thronged the deceased's compound. An eye-witness told Vanguard that their relationship
went
sour again yesterday morning, leading to a hot
argument between them over N100 which the
woman was said to have
demanded from the husband. The deceased,the source added, was said to have
told the wife
that he had no money which did not go down well
with the
wife thereby degenerating into a hot argument
between them. During the process, the wife was said to have
picked a stick
and hit the husband on his head and he fainted. He was immediately rushed to a nearby private
hospital where
he was pronounced dead. As the news of the man's death filtered in,the
woman on
realising the gravity of the incident was said to
have locked
herself up in a room and inflicted wounds on her
body using a razor blade. To avert another tragedy, residents of the area,
according to
sources, forced the door open and dragged the
culprit out
naked before the police were invited to effect her
arrest. When Vanguard visited the decease 's family
compound, family members and resident of the
area maintained sealed leaps.