Man Mistakenly Slaps Wife to Death After Returning from Vigil

We all need to be prayerful this days, lets keep asking God for the grace to control our anger because the devil always want us to be in a situation where we will suffer.

A 36-year-old man Onyekachi Anele, who lived with his family in Obibiezena in Owerri North Lo­cal Government Area of Imo state, has been arrested by the Imo Police Command for mistakenly murdering his 32-year-old wife, Chikodi, after returning from a night vigil which was held at Jesus Disciples Fellowship.

 

According to the Imo Commissioner of Police, Taiwo Lakanu, trouble began on June 1, 2016, when Anele’s wife, asked him to give her son from an earlier marriage, N100 to take to school.

 

Anele said: “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.

 

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.

 

Supol Innocent Obi, The officer-in-charge of the ho­micide section of the SCID, further revealed that family members of the deceased had not yet been to the police to know the state of the matter, adding that Anele had not yet informed them.

 

In anguish, Anele, told The Sun: “I love my wife. I had no intention to kill her. It was misunderstanding and annoyance that prompted me to slap her and she died. Up till now, it looks like a dream and a mystery to me."