Ondo: Wife flees after killing husband in his sleep

• The mother of three was said to have killed her 65-year-old husband, a farmer, by hitting him thrice with a pestle
• The incident happened in their house, located at the Government Reservation Area, GRA, in Ondo town, after a minor argument

A housewife simply identified as Tayelolu has bludgeoned her husband to death in Ondo town, Ondo State.

The incident happened in their house, located at the Government Reservation Area, GRA, in Ondo town, after a minor argument.

Their 12-year-old boy, Ibukun Solomon, who witnessed the incident, disclosed that his mother killed his father, Felix, with a pestle while he was sleeping.

The mother of three was said to have killed her 65-year-old husband, a farmer, by hitting him thrice with a pestle.

It is gathered that the relationship between the couple, in recent times, has been fraught and acrimonious with the wife always threatening to kill the husband and elope.

It was gathered that after another argument last weekend, the deceased went to sleep on the chair and the wife reportedly hit him several times with a pestle.

Narrating how his father was killed, lbukun, told newsmen that “my mother killed my father with a pestle in my presence and took to her heels. She used the pestle to hit his head when he was asleep.

“Earlier on the fateful day, a minor argument had ensued between them that resulted in a fight. After the fight, my father went to lie on the chair and my mother hit his head with the pestle.

“He became unconscious and fell down from where he was sleeping. My mother used the pestle to hit my father’s head three times. He later died.

“When my mother saw that my father was already unconscious, she hid the pestle at the back of our house and ran away.

”I alerted some of the residents, who rushed my father to the hospital. But he later died. His corpse has been deposited at the morgue.

“My mother had three children for my father and I’m the last child.”

Speaking on the tragedy, a brother of the deceased corroborated Ibukun’s claim.

He disclosed that the family members have had to step in several times to settle the incessant fight between his brother the his wife.

He lamented that all their efforts did not yield any result.

According to him, “The woman had been threatening to kill her husband whenever they were fighting. And the deceased informed us about the threats. But we never knew she would carry out the devilish act.

“But this time, she took laws into her hands and killed our brother for nothing. She must be arrested and prosecuted accordingly.”

But according to Vanguard, a top police officer confirmed that the fleeing suspect would soon be arrested and charged to court for murder.