Topic: Man kills mother of his son in Lagos, turns himself in

Michael David, a 31-year-old from Delta state reportedly
murdered his wife then and reported himself to the police after
he confessed to the killing, stating that his actions was the
handiwork of the devil.
The suspect was involved in a fight with the victim, Oyinyechi
Dennis, when he allegedly stabbed her to death at Ojoku area
of Lagos.
It was learned that Michael, a carpenter, was spreading untrue
rumours about his wife which led to a confrontation between
two.
He narrated what happened on the said day.
“Oyinye is the mother of my son, although I did not marry her
legally but when she became pregnant for me, I went to her
aunty and uncle who she was living with for introduction. ’We
then started living together. But we had a misunderstanding and
then she packed out of my house. “On Tuesday morning,
Onyinye came to my house, I thought she just came to visit me
but I later saw her mood and knew something was wrong. She
confronted me with an issue she heard. She said I was spreading
rumour about her living a wayward life style and not sleeping
at home. ‘’She asked me if I was behind the rumour and I told
her yes, that I had noticed it since she left my place. ‘’Out of
anger, she picked up a bottle, broke it and threatened to deal
with me and we began to fight. While we were fighting, I
overpowered her and took the broken bottle from her. She
rushed again to where the knife was and picked the knife. ‘’Out
of anger, I collected the knife from her and mistakenly stabbed
her in the stomach with the knife, shortly after she died. “After
my action, I sat for sometime thinking of what to do, whether
to run away or go to the police station to report myself. I
then decided to report myself at Tolu Divisional Police Station.
A sister to the deceased who gave her name as Chika, claimed
that the issue that led to her sister’s death started since the
victim moved back to the family house.
She explained:
“When Onyinye moved her things back to the house. I asked her
what was wrong, and she said nothing, that she does not want
to continue leaving with Michael. “Even a week before this
incident, when Michael came to visit his son in the family house,
immediately he entered, Onyinye walked out of the house. But I
was surprised when he called me on Tuesday to inform me that
Onyinye is dead and that he was at the police station. ‘’I
immediately rushed down to the police station to find out if it
was true and that was where I heard the whole story. “What
was even more surprising is the fact that on that same day,
after the incident, he called one of our neighbours to tell my
other sister to bring his son which she did but after sometime,
he returned the boy. ‘’Maybe he was thinking of running away
with his son but God did not give him the courage to do so.
All I just desire now is for the police to complete investigation
into the matter and let the law deal with him accordingly.”
Vanguard