Wife axes husband to for refusing.....

If 35-year-old Zenab Agbontine had lived in
medieval times, the nickname ‘Zenab, the Axe
Queen’ would have fitted her perfectly.  Zenab did
the abominable when she allegedly murdered her
husband, Egberise Agbontine, in Ubiane Aviele
village near Auchi, Edo State with an axe for refusing to eat the food she prepared for him after
he returned from work.
Despite his several years in the police force and
having seen different murder cases, Edo State
Police Commissioner, Mr Foluso Adebanjo, said he
could hardly conceal his shock as he related the incident to Sunday Sun.
Zenab murdered Egberise while he was sleeping.
The Axe Queen had allegedly been quarrelling with
him for more than a week before the incident
happened.
On the fateful day, when the husband returned from office, she prepared food for him. Without
any foreboding of the murderous thoughts
whirling around in the head of his wife, Egebrise
took his bath. But when the wife later told him
that his food was ready, Egberise was said to have
refused to eat the food she prepared. The chain of events that ultimately led to the
tragic death of Egberise began long before the
incident Zenab told Sunday Sun in an interview.
She said: “I have been having quarrels with my
husband for a long time. We tried to settle the
matter without success. One day, my husband came back from the office and told me that he was
not interested in the marriage anymore.
“I pleaded with him but he refused. I prepared
food for him but he refused to eat the food. With
annoyance he went to sleep. At about midnight
when my husband was asleep I went to the kitchen and I took the axe and cut him on the
neck several times, he struggled until he died. It
was the devil that used me. I didn’t know what
prompted me to kill him but maybe because he
said he was not interested in the marriage again.
“The family of my husband should forgive me. I am calling on the elders in the community in
Auchi to forgive me because it was ignorance and
the devil that used me as I now realize that I
didn’t exercise enough patience with my
husband.”
Though Zenab has resigned herself to the fate awaiting her after trial, the future of the three
children she had with the late Egberise is her
primary concern now. Amidst tears, she remarked
on the uncertain future of her children: “I know I
will face the consequence of my action but the
question is, who will take care of my children. I have three children for him. Their father is dead
and their mother is on the way to the prison. It is
only God that will take care of my children.”
Adebanjo stated that the suspect would be
charged to court for murder.