A Woman Stabs Her Husband to Death over Election’s Winning Candidate, APC or PDP

A 26-year-old pregnant woman stabbed her husband to death on Sunday during a quarrel over who would emerge winner between the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidates, while voting was on-going at Ejigbo, Lagos. The woman, simply called Onyiyechi, has been arrested by police according to Lagos State Police Command. The incident occurred at about 1200hrs inside the couple’s one room apartment at 81 Military zone junction. The whole densely populated area was thrown into disarray for this unthinkable incident.

Various reasons were garnered over what brought about the tragedy. Somebody said the couple simply differed on their choice of presidential candidates to win between PDP and APC, the only two considered rival parties. The husband chose to vote for the PDP during argument while his wife, Onyiyechi, reportedly chose to vote for the presidential candidate of the APC. The argument degenerated into a fight over whose choice would hold sway between them and the woman allegedly stabbed her husband with a kitchen knife in the chest region.

Some even revealed that the husband told his pregnant wife to take the Okro she was grating inside the room, to the veranda which also served as kitchen and the wife reportedly disobeyed the instruction as a result of the argument which led to a fight in which she stabbed her deceased husband.

By the time a media correspondent visited the scene of the incident on Sunday, the couple’s apartment was under lock. Their neighbours however described the suspect as an amicable person who had never quarreled with anyone since she moved into the building.

One of the tenants who spoke on condition of anonymity revealed that they did not witness how the suspect allegedly stabbed her husband.

But he explained that: “We were all outside waiting to vote when Onyiyechi rushed out, shouting for help. Out of curiosity, we all ran inside, only to discover blood all over the ground, on entering their apartment.

”On closer observation, we noticed that the blood was from her husband chest region. We met him on the ground. Before we could rush him to the hospital, he gave up the ghost.

Perhaps, he would have survived the attack had Onyiyechi called for help early. From all indication, it was clear that she attempted to manage the situation immediately the incident occurred. It was when she discovered that the situation had overwhelmed her that she raised alarm.

”I do not know the name of her husband. We only know that of his wife, who we fondly call Onyiyechi. The irony of this matter is that she is not cantankerous.

”She has never beaten a little child, let alone to fight with any neighbour. Again on that day, we saw both of them together. They were seen sitting outside, one hour before the incident occurred. Policemen from Ejigbo later came to remove the corpse to the Isolo morgue”.