Herdsman beheads wife in Ekiti

The police in Ekiti State have confirmed the alleged beheading of a lady in Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, by a herdsman suspected to be the deceased’s husband.

The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Caleb Ikechukwu who confirmed the killing, said that tragedy struck when the young herdsman (name withheld) allegedly cut off the head of the lady at a stream side in Ilasa Ekiti.

The victim, was allegedly attacked beside the stream where she had gone to fetch water with her younger sister before the young man ambushed her and brought down her head while she bent to collect some water from the stream, and fled immediately.

He was arrested following information provided by the younger sister of the deceased who witnessed the incident.

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Sources revealed that the victim had been betrothed to the herdsman while she was a teenager, according their custom and tradition.

However, trouble started last month when the suspect requested the lady to spend the Eld-el-Fitr holiday with him, but the family of the deceased failed to release her.

The lady was said to have observed that the suspect was a drunkard and drug addict and had avoided him for necessary marriage arrangements.

The suspect was angered, having assumed that the family of the deceased had breached the marriage contract.

The traditional rulers of the community, Oba Ajayi Omolagba, condemned the incident and said that the community had been in shock since the strange occurrence.

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