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The victim, Rebecca Itape. ...during argument in Lagos A 49-year-old man, Lawrence Itape, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife, Rebecca, to death during an argument over water to take his bath, in their apartment at Seaside Estate, Badore, Ajah area of Lagos. The father of two, as gathered, returned home from work Monday night to discover there was no water for him to take his bath. He was said to have scolded his wife on why she did not buy water in the empty jerricans at home as residents of the area are used to buying water from designated boreholes in the community. Edo State-born Itape reportedly ordered his wife to accompany him to buy water in three jerricans, for him to bathe and drink. However, on the way, his wife was said to have diverted to buy some batteries for their wall clock that had stopped working. Her action stirred up another round of argument as her husband accused her of always buying the wrong battery.   The suspect, Lawrence Itape. Itape, accor...

  Suspect, Olamilekan and his wife, late Seun Mojiyagbe. A 24 years old man, Mojiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with scissors. Olamilekan, a resident of Oke Ola area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of the state, was arrested yesterday. The suspect, according to the command Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a distress call received by the police in Ode Remo Divisional Headquarters that the suspect locked himself and his wife, Seun up in their room. The informant told the police that Olamilekan was busy beating his wife and it was the wailing of the wife that attracted the neighbours, who tried all efforts to persuade the suspect to open the door but he refused. Oyeyemi said: “Upon the distress call, the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Ode Remo Division, CSP Olayemi Fagbohun, mobilised his men and moved to the scene where the door to the couple’s apartme...