An auxiliary
nurse, Mrs. Folashade Idoko, has been accused of stabbing her husband to death
in Lagos. The incident occurred around 11p.m. on Sunday at their Ayetoro
residence in Oto-Awori Local Council of the state.
It was
gathered that the deceased allegedly suffered years of domestic violence from
his wife but kept quiet about it. The couple have two children, a
three-year-old boy and one-year old girl.
According to
a source, neighbours and their landlord attested to years of violent spousal
abuse the 32-year-old Lawrence Idoko suffered from his wife. They claimed
Sunday’s attack was triggered by jealousy from the nurse, who accused her
husband of infidelity.
The source
said the deceased, a pipeline engineer with Greater Inspection and Industrial
Services at Sango-Otta, Ogun State, was away on official assignment at Ikorodu
for a week.
“He returned
and his wife accused him of having extramarital affair. She stabbed him in the
leg with a sharp knife. It was his three-year-old son’s cries that alerted
neighbours, by which time he had bled profusely. He died about an hour after he
was rushed to the nearby New Ayetoro Medical Centre.”
But Mrs.
Idoko, a native of Kwara State, who has been arrested by policemen at Ijaniki,
claimed the knife fell on her husband by accident.
According to
the deceased’s aunt, Betty Abbah, it was unfortunate that spousal abuse is
still prevalent and that it continues to take a toll on partners, either male
or female.
She said:
“My nephew, like many men and women who die daily in violent relationships,
would have been alive had they fled such deadly arrangements in the name of
marriage.
“We, the
family, will ensure that justice is done. This is another young and promising
life deliberately cut short and this wickedness will not go unpunished.
“We would
have intervened one way or the other but he hid the entire violent scenario
from us. Persons suffering domestic violence should always call out for help.
It is indeed a big tragedy for us.”
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