The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Ovye Yakubu, over alleged murder of his wife, Esther Aya Anjugu.
Aya was reportedly beaten to death by her husband, Mr. Ovye Yakubu at their residence in Sabon Pegi Shabu, Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Friday, January 7,2022.
It was gathered that the accused allegedly beat his wife to death following an argument over mosquito net.
A family member of the deceased who preferred anonymity alleged that a heated argument ensued between the couple when the suspect tried to stop a carpenter engaged by the wife to fix a net to their window.
“The deceased engaged the service of a carpenter to fix a net in their windows to prevent mosquitoes, but the husband stopped the carpenter, which the wife resisted, eventually the husband started beating her in the process,” he alleged.
Spokesperson of the command, ASP Ramhan Nansel, who confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday, January 8, in Lafia, said the suspect was arrested same day of the incident.
Nansel said that investigation is ongoing at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Lafia, to unravel the mystery behind the incident.
He said that the corpse of the woman had been deposited at the morgue for post-mortem examination.
Late Mrs. Esther Aya Anjugu, a mother of three and classroom teacher with Government Secondary School, Doka, died aged 39.
