The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the arrested of a middle aged man who allegedly beat his wife to death for denying him sex.
Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Bello Kontongs, that the incident occurred on June 27, at No. 1, Ogiedegue Street, off Ason Bus Stop, Evbuotubu area in Benin City.
Kontongs said, the case was initially reported at the Evbuotubu Division and later transferred to the State Command.
According to him, the 50-year-old deceased has two children, aged 19 and 15 for the Suspect whom she got married to in 2002.
“The man was said to have
demanded sex from the deceased around 11pm of June 27 and upon her refusal, he beat her up and in the process inflicted her with injury.
“She was rushed to four hospitals, three rejected her, but the fourth one referred her to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where she passed on on July 7, as a result of complications from the injury.
The man is presently in our custody and will be charged to court for murder,” Kontongs said.
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