A
47 year-old father of five, Lateef
Jimoh, yesterday Friday 7th stabbed his wife
Olufunmilayo Amudat to death at their Omoniyi Estate home in Akure, Ondo
state. The former banker turned taxi driver committed suicide by
hanging himself shortly after the killing.
Neighbours disclosed that a court had
dissolved the couple's 16-year-old marriage just two weeks ago and that
Funmilayo who was a trader came to pack her belongings when she was
murdered by her husband who had begged her not to leave him but she refused.
One
of the children of the deceased discovered the gruesome scene after
returning from school and raised an alarm. Both bodies were taken to the
Ijapo police
station after some men from the Deji of Akure's palace brought down the
dangling body and the rope, having conducted some appeasement rites.
Five children now orphans. Sad!