Man Beats Wife To Death In Ogun State On Christmas Day

Mutiu Sonola, a 37-year-old man beat his wife, Zainab, who was 34 years old to death on Christmas day and has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command.

The state command's Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi said that Mutiu was arrested on the same day he committed the gruesome.

It was reported that Zainab's father had complained at a police division in Ibara that he had received a phone call where he was informed of an altercation between his daughter and her husband, and he was also told that Zainab had been beaten out cold by her husband.

According to Mr. Abimbola, Zainab's father said that upon getting the call, he immediately visited the scene and rushed his daugther to the General Hospital at Ijaiye where she was pronounced dead.

Mr. Abimbola said, “As soon as the suspect realized that the victim was dead, he took to his heels.

“On the strength of the report, the DPO, Ibara Division, SP Dada Olusegun, mobilised his detectives and went after the suspect.

“Mutiu’s hideout was eventually located and he was promptly arrested.”

Although, the reason for which Mutiu and Zainab argued remains unknown, but the arguments seemingly were a constant in their relationship.

According to investigations into the matter, it was found that Zainab was Mutiu's punching bag, hitting her for the slightest of reasons, and the last incident in which she lost her life was due to a trifling disagreement.

“The corpse of the deceased has been deposited in the General Hospital, Ijaiye mortuary for autopsy,” Mr. Abimbola said.

On the order of the state Commissioner of Police, Kenneth Ebrimson, Mutiu has been transferred to the homicide division of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department for fresh investigation and prosecution.