Man kills wife over food

A middle aged man, Peter Odion, has become a guest of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly killing his wife, Ifeoma Ohalele Odion, for eating his food.
The incident occurred at their residence at 2, Olushola Close, Abule Taylor, Abule Egba, Lagos State.
Chiweiko Ohalele, a sister of the deceased who was living with the couple but was not at home when the tragedy occurred, said: “I was in my village meeting on Sunday afternoon when one of our neighbours called me on phone to meet them at a hospital at Abule Egba over my sister’s condition. When I got there, I met my sister in an unconscious state with blood dripping from her head and face. In fact, she could not neither talk nor recognise me.
I begged the doctor on duty to transfer her to the General Hospital at Ilepo because her condition was very bad. And he obliged; but before she could be attended to at the General Hospital, my sister died. When I confronted her husband who was also in the hospital on what transpired between him and my sister, he said he fought my sister for trying to eat the eba (garri) he made for himself.”
According to her, the suspect claimed that when they returned from church, he told his wife to prepare eba for him and her daughter, but she refused, claiming she had headache. Peter allegedly went ahead and prepared the eba; only for the wife to get up to eat the food.
A fight then broke out between the couple when Peter insisted his wife must not eat the food.
In the course of the fight, Peter pushed her and she hit her head on a hard object inside the room and fainted. He raised an alarm and neighbours assisted him to rush the unconscious woman to the hospital.
“I did not intend to kill her because we have not had any disagreement before the tragic incident happened,” he said.  “I pray that God would forgive me.”
He suspect was arrested in the hospital after doctors confirmed the wife dead and taken to the Oke Odo Police Division, Ilepo, Abule Egba. After preliminary investigation, he was transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, for further interrogation.