Arrested

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a man (name withheld) for allegedly beating his 40-year-old wife to death over an undiclosed matter.

The commands Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday.

Hundeyin said that one Destiny, who claimed to be the son of Patience Johnson (now deceased), reported the case to Elere Police Division on Tuesday.

He said that Destiny reported that on Monday, at about 1.40 p.m., he received a distressed call that his mothers husband (name withheld) allegedly beat her and inflicted injuries on her, leading to her vomiting blood.

The commands image maker said that Destiny stated that he rushed to see his mother early in the morning on Tuesday but did not meet her husband at home.

Destiny subsequently rushed his mother to Orile-Agege General Hospital, where she was admitted for medical treatment, but the mothers husband was later arrested and detained.

Unfortunately, at about 7.50 a.m. on Thursday when the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Smith Olanrewaju, visited the hospital to check the victim, the doctor on duty informed him that the woman gave up the ghost at about 6.00 a.m. on Thursday.

The corpse will be evacuated to Mainland General Hospital Mortuary, Yaba for autopsy, while investigations into the matter is ongoing, he said.

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