Crime and Metro

Man beats wife to death for denying him sex’ – Police

Police in Edo State have arrested a man who allegedly beat his wife to death because she refused to have sex with him.

The incident occurred on June 27 at No. 1, Ogiedegue Street, off Ason Bus Stop, Evbuotubu district of Benin, according to Bello Kontongs, the state’s police spokesperson.

According to him, the case was transferred from the Evbuotubu Police Division, where it was first reported, to the state police headquarters.

According to Mr Kontongs, a police superintendent, the deceased, who is 50 years old, married the suspect in 2002 and had two children, ages 19 and 15, with him.

“The man was said to have demanded sex from the deceased around 11p.m. on June 27 and upon her refusal, he beat her up and in the process inflicted her with injury.

“She was rushed to four hospitals, three rejected her, but the fourth one referred her to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital where she passed on, on July 7, as a result of complications from the injury.

“The man is in our custody and will be charged to court for murder,” Mr Kontongs said.

‘85 lives lost in road accidents in Edo’
In another development, no fewer than 85 persons have lost their lives and 279 injured in various road traffic crashes (RTCs) recorded in Edo between January and June, according to the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state.

The figure was given by Henry Benamaisia, Sector Commander of the FRSC in the state.

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