Udeme
Odibi, the 47-year-old Lagos-based lawyer, who reportedly stabbed her husband
to death, was supposed to travel abroad a day before the crime was allegedly
committed, according to Punch.
It was gathered that she had arranged her
luggage, preparatory to the journey on Wednesday, but reportedly decided to
shelve the plan.
The
incident happened in the early hours of Thursday at the couple’s residence on
Diamond Estate, Sangotedo, in Ajah area of Lagos State.
A
source, who confided in Punch correspondent on Friday, stated that the suspect
had been abroad since December 2017 before returning to Nigeria in April 2018.
It
was reported that Udeme stabbed her husband, Otike, with a knife, ripping out
his intestines.She
was also said to have severed the penis of the deceased, placed it on his hand,
and attempted to take her own life too but to no avail.
The
Lagos State Police Command, which confirmed the incident, said the victim had
called a neighbour, his younger sister and mother on the telephone on Wednesday
night, informing them of his wife’s threat to kill him.
It
was gathered that the duo’s three-year-old marriage that had not produced a
child, was fraught with domestic violence.
Punch
correspondent gathered from a credible police source on Friday that the woman
used to work with the deceased in his chambers and had a running battle with
him over female clients, who visited him at work.
“The
woman is jealous and always making trouble with the man. She used to be a
lawyer in her husband’s chambers. Any time she saw a female client with the
man, he was in trouble. At a point, the man had to let her leave the chambers.
“She
was supposed to travel abroad a day before she killed the man. She had already
packed her luggage before she decided not to embark on the journey again,” the
source said.
The
Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chike Oti, said the suspect was
still in the hospital under police watch and that investigation into the matter
was ongoing.
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