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Wife, 20 stabs husband to death in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old woman, Makoduchukwu Ndubisi for stabbing her husband, John Bosco Ngu, to death in Anambra State.
The incident occurred on Saturday at Nsugbe in the Anambra East Local Government Area of the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Haruna Mohammed, who confirmed the incident, said the corpse of the deceased had been deposited at a morgue while investigation into the matter was ongoing.
Mohammed said: “Today (Saturday) at about 8am, police detectives attached to 33 Police Station Onitsha arrested one Makoduchukwu Ndubisi, 20, of No 16 Donking Street Nsugbe in the Anambra East LGA of Anambra State.
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“The suspect allegedly had a scuffle with her husband, one John Bosko Ngu, aged 35 years, of the same address and stabbed him on his chest with a sharp knife.
“The scene was visited by police detectives and the victim rushed to Boromeo Hospital, Onitsha, for medical attention but was certified dead by a medical doctor.
“The corpse was deposited at the hospital mortuary for autopsy; exhibit recovered and case is under investigation to ascertain circumstances surrounding the incident.”
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