A man identified as Kehinde Adebayo, has been arrested by the Ogun State police command for butchering his wife with a cutlass after he accused her of engaging in extra-marital affairs with men.
TheNation reports that attack has left Ibukun with severe injuries on her face and other parts of her body and she is now fighting for her life in a hospital after the incident happened at about 8pm on February 28, at Saraki, Adigbe, Abeokuta
It was gathered that the duo’s 13-year-old marriage had been rocked by allegations of jealousy, constant beatings and inhuman treatment of Ibukun by Kehinde.
The situation allegedly worsened after Kehinde allegedly beat up Ibukun in a house she built forcing her to move out to a rented apartment.
Kehinde was said to have trailed Ibukun to her new apartment and allegedly struck her with a cutlass and fled on his motorbike.
Sources said Ibukun, a building materials merchant, had reported her husband to his parents all to no avail.
The spokesman of Ogun State Police Command, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed that Kehinde has been charged to court.
TheNation
