See The Man Who Stabbed His Own Wife To Death Over N2,000 Allowance

The Kogi state police command have announced the arrest of a 30 year old man for allegedly stabbing his wife to death during an argument over housekeeping money.

The suspect, identified as Abdulahi Garuba, was among 13 suspects paraded on Wednesday in Lokoja by the Kogi State Police Command.

The murder was said to have been committed at Ihima, in the Okehi Local Government Area of the state.

Garuba, who said he had been married to his late wife, Falilat Saka, for the past 15 years, said they had been having argument over money.

Abdulahi said;

“On that day, she requested N4,000, but I gave her N2,000, which did not go down well with her. 

This led to an argument and in the process, I stabbed her and she died from the injury sustained in her neck region,” 

The state Deputy Commissioner of Police, Yahaya Abubakar, who paraded the suspect, said he would be arraigned in court as soon as the result of the post-mortem examination was received.