A nigerian man has stabbed his wife to death and thereafter committed suicide by drinking sniper in Lekki.
The incident happened on Sunday 21st June which was Father’s Day, in Victory Park estate, Lekki, Lagos State. The man identified as reportedly stabbed his wife to death and then drank two bottles of sniper and died.
According to some residents of the said estate, the couple only moved into the estate three weeks ago with their two little kids.
The residents said that they didn’t know much about the couple since they just moved in. It was also said that the couple were seen jogging on Saturday 20th June, a day before the incident.
It was also alleged that the husband always questioned the paternity of their second child.
A neighbor said that they were hearing loud music coming out from the couples house and it continued for hours. They had to go and report to the estate authorities who came to the house to caution them.
The neighbor said that when they got there, they met the wife’s sister with the two kids downstairs and told her about the music. The sister of the wife quickly ran upstairs to call the attention of the couple to the complaints the estate authorities are making, but discovered that the doors were locked.
After a while, the estate authorities and the sister decided to break into the house and what they saw was horrible.
They discovered that the woman was tied down with cuts on her body. Different knifes were on the floor and her head was shaved with a clipper.
The man had stabbed her head, her eyes and her body multiple times.
“The scene was just like an horror movie,” the neighbor said.
According to the Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Bala Elkana who confirmed the incident, homicide detectives have already sealed up the scene.
Elkana also said that investigation has started and the corpse of the deceased have been moved to a hospital for an autopsy.
Bala Elkana said that two knives and two bottles of Sniper were found at the scene of the incident. He added that the woman had several injuries from stabbing while foams were coming out of the husband’s mouth.
