Man Kills Lover Over Condoms Found In Her Bag
A 38-year-old mother of three has been killed by her lover, Osaremwinda Omobude Idumwonyi, 46, after he allegedly found male condoms inside her handbag in Benin City, the Edo State capital.
It was gathered that the victim identified as Gladys Okoh, who had been separated with her husband, was stabbed with a kitchen knife thrice in her stomach during a disagreement that ensued between her and her lover over male condoms found in her possession.
According to sources, the suspect was angered by the suspicion that the deceased was embroiled in sizzling romantic relationships with other men.
The gruesome murder occurred at House Number13, Ehiyobo Street, off Upper Sokponba road, Ikpoba Okha Local Government Area Council in Benin City.
Okoh was reportedly killed in her mother’s residence, hours after she departed her lover’s residence where she had passed the night.
The suspect, who is now in police custody and being investigated by State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Benin City, was alleged to have committed the murder in the presence of his lover’s mother, as he was said to have walked passed the aged mother who sat by the door to launch the attack.
It has not been ascertained if the condoms were found inside the woman’s bag while she was with him the previous night or during the day when he entered her aged-mother’s apartment.
It was gathered that the suspect told police investigators that he killed his lover in self-defence.
According to him, the deceased picked a kitchen knife to stab him when an argument ensued between them but he overpowered and stabbed her.
The woman was rushed to hospital where she later died.
Police recovered the knife in the suspect’s kitchen. The Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor, said police is still investigating the incident.
This brings to two the number of women killed by their lovers in Benin City, in the last one week.
It would be recalled that a 19 year-old boy, Junior Omo Shaba, last week killed his 18-year-old girlfriend, Matilda Odiri, and dumped her body by the roadside in Benin City.