A 49-year-old man, Lawrence Itape, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife, Rebecca, to death after they got into a fight about the lack of water in their coastal estate property.
After learning of the incident, a group of detectives headed by Langbasa’s Divisional Police Officer, Stephen Abolarin, arrived at the spot.
Benjamin Hundeyin, a spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, confirmed the event and said that the suspect had been taken into custody and the knife had been found.
“The case file and the suspect have been transferred to SCIID, Panti, Yaba in Lagos for discreet investigation,” Hundeyin said.
According to Hundeyin, the body of the deceased has been taken to the Mainland General Hospital mortuary in Yaba, Lagos for an autopsy and preservation.