A 25-year old pregnant housewife, Nike Simeon, in the early hours of Saturday, allegedly caused the death of her husband, Garba Ibrahim, 40, at Omu-Aran, Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the woman, who lived about 500 metres away from her welder husband, went to the deceased’s house around 5.30 am to demand for money to buy baby wears for their about-to-be-delivered baby.
An eyewitness, Adewale Adeoye, told NAN that the woman was not pleased with the N3,000 her husband gave her and an argument started.
“The incident happened around 5: 30 a.m. and the shouting from Garba’s room woke us up at our Iraba Compound.
“The woman is carrying Garba’s pregnancy, though she had been married to two other men in the past.
“On that fateful day, she went to Garba’s house to demand for money to buy ‘mother-care’ for their unborn child and the husband gave her N3, 000, which she rejected.
“Nike held Garba’s shirt at the neck and immediately, the man fell down and died”, he said.
A source told NAN that the deceased was buried in the evening of the same day, while the wife was taken to the Omu-Aran Police station for interrogation.
Members of the deceased’s family, however, declined comment when NAN visited their Iraba Compound.
Also, the Police Public Relations Officer for Kwara, ASP Daboh Ezekiel, told NAN on phone that the State command had not been briefed on the incident.