The Nigeria Police, Ekiti State Command, has dragged to court, the teacher, Mrs. Rafatu Agboola who allegedly slaughtered her husband on June 12 , at Usi-Ekiti in Ido-Osi Local Government Area. The Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), ASP Victor Babayemi told Daily Sun in an interview that the police took the case to court after the preliminary investigations conducted by the CID section of the state command.

He said the family of the woman claimed she was mentally ill, but the medical history presented by her family did not support the claim. The maternal uncle of the diceased, Mr. Joseph Folorunso, had earlier told Daily Sun that they did not believe the woman had any psychiatric problem because, the late husband never told any of his siblings that his wife had such a problem.

He added that their in-laws never said their daughter had a psychiatric problem until after she killed her husband. He described the deceased as a responsible person, which was the reason they all rallied round him when he wanted to marry the lady.

Mr. Folorunso however made it clear that the family was not ready for any legal action against the woman because, they did not have money to waste on legal battle, which he said would not bring back their son. He said it would be a futile exercise for the family to keep spending money on prosecuting her, after they had lost their son and the woman would not return to their family and there was no child they could point to, as the gain from the ill-fated marriage.

Mrs. Agboola, who is in her late-twenties, allegedly woke up at midnight on June 12, went into her husband’s room and slaughtered him. She reported herself to the police the morning after the gruesome act.

The late husband, who was said to be in his thirties according to a police source, was a Physics teacher at Eda Oniyo Community Grammar School before his tragic death.

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