Man slaps his wife to death in Owerri

Onyekachi Anele, 36, is currently in  custody of the police at the headquarters of the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, of the Imo Police Command, Owerri.

Onyekachi lives  with his family in Obibiezena in Owerri North Lo­cal Government Area

Mr Taiwo Lakanu, the Imo Commissioner of Police, said that trouble began on the 1st day of June 2016, when Anele’s wife, 32-year-old Chikodi, asked him to give her son from an earlier marriage, N100 to take to school.

Anele said:

“I got married to my late wife Chikodi Anele over four years ago. She had a son with another man before we got married. We have been living together in peace. We have two children. Our first child, a girl, is four years old while the second child is a boy, who is just one year old.”

“On May 31, 2016, I went to my church, Jesus Disciples Fellowship, where we had a vigil. I came back around 5: 30 am and started playing Christian music. My wife came to where I was and said that I should give my stepson N100 naira to go to school. I told her that I had no money with me.

“You see, my late wife was hypertensive; she became very angry that I did not give my stepson N100. She started to insult me. I got angry and slapped her.

She slapped me in return. I was shocked by her effrontery and slapped her a second time. She fell and fainted.

“I rushed her to City Hospital, Nekede. On getting there, the doc­tor checked her and confirmed that she was dead. I went to the nearby police station at Umuguma and reported the matter to the police, and they arrested me,”

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The case was trans­ferred from Umuguma Police Station to State Criminal Investiga­tion Department, Owerri. He has been in detention there as an investigation into the matter is still in progress.

Supol Innocent Obi,  the officer-in-charge of the ho­micide section of the SCID, said that the family members of the deceased had not yet been to the police. He stated that Anele is yet informed them.

Anele, told Sun­day Sun:

“I love my wife. I had no intention to kill her. It was misunderstanding and annoyance that prompted me to slap her, and she died. Up till now, it looks like a dream and a mystery to me.”

One of their neighbours Chukudi Eneka said:

“They both loved each other; they were a good family. The devil just caused this thing. Suddenly we heard them quarreling. The husband slapped the wife and the wife slapped him back. The hus­band then slapped her again. She fell down and fainted. We thought it was a joke. When she was taken to the hospital, the doctor said she was dead. We are shocked over the incident.”