A 36-year-old man, Daniel Kanjo, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his 24-year-old wife, Meno Kanjo, in Elemoro, Ajah area of the state.
Police investigations showed that Daniel stabbed his wife to death after he caught her having s*x with another man in a bush near their home.
A police source at Elemoro Divison said, Kanjo stabbed himself in the stomach and in the neck after stabbing his wife several times.
They were both thought to be dead which made the residents to call the police to evacuate the corpses.
Sources said the policemen discovered Daniel was still breathing as they were packing the corpses to deposit them at the mortuary. He was immediately rushed to the hospital.
Daniel Kanjo who has now been discharged from the hospital told Punch that the incident the devil’s handiwork.
He said he loved his wife dearly and never hit her prior to the incident, adding that when he caught her red-handed committing adultery, he lost control.
“I am from Benin Republic but I have been living in Nigeria since 2001. I have two wives. My first wife has six children for me. However in 2010, I got married to Meno (the deceased) and we have a one-year-old child together.
The suspect while narrating what transpired on the fateful day said the he returned from work in the afternoon and needed to collect something from the deceased only to be drawn by sounds emanating from a nearby bush, as he could not find her in the house.
“When I heard the sound coming from the bush, I moved near and saw my wife having s*x with a strange man. As I moved closer, the man saw me and ran away. But I was able to grab my wife and I gave her the beating of her life.
“I did not know what came over me, but I took a knife and stabbed her all over her body. Before I realised what happened, the devil also pushed me to stab myself. I stabbed myself in the stomach and also slit my throat.”
Daniel said some of his neighbours, who were drawn by the noise, started beating him up when they saw his wife on the ground.
“After stabbing myself, I was still moving on the floor although I was weak. Some people came around and started beating me, saying that I must die too since I had killed my wife. They beat me up and took photographs. When I woke up, I found myself in the hospital.”
The suspect pleaded with the police to release him as he was not himself when he committed the crime. He said if he was sent to prison, his children would suffer.
“My first born is 13 years old while my youngest child is a year old. I pay their school fees and I am responsible for their upkeep. If I am sent to prison, they will all suffer.”
When the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer for the state command, Damasus Ozoani, was contacted for comments, he said the case had been transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department.