Man Kills his wife with a slap in Owerri

A man has been arrested after he slapped his wife to
death in Owerri. Trouble began when 36 year old
Anele’s wife, 32-year-old Chikodi, asked him to give
her son from an earlier marriage, N100 to take to
school.He told the Sunday Sun



“I got married to my late wife
Chikodi Anele over four years ago.
She had a son for 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
down 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,” he said.


Promptly, the case was transferred from Umuguma
Police Station to State Criminal Investigation
Department, Owerri, the Imo State capital, where he
has been in detention as investigation into the matter
was in progress.
The officer-in-charge of the homicide section of the
SCID, Supol Innocent Obi, further revealed that family
members of the deceased had not yet been to the
police to know the state of the matter. He stated that
Anele had not yet informed them.