Man arrested by Police in Lagos for killing his wife

A Man has been arrested by the Nigerian police over the murder of a middle-aged woman, identified as Silifat Yakubu.She was allegedly killed by her husband, Ismail Yakubu, at Igbele, near Araromi Ale Olorunda Local Council Development Area, along Badagry Expressway in Lagos.

It was gathered that the mutilated body of the deceased was found in a small river located at the community’s entrance, where she was supposedly dumped after she was murdered.
Vanguard gathered that, some of the victim’s body parts, such as her eyes, breasts and uterus, were allegedly missing when her corpse was found by passersby, suggesting that she must have been murdered for ritual purposes.


Ambimbola Sule, a commercial motorcyclist in the area, said:

“Residents in the community woke up on Saturday morning to find the lifeless body of a woman inside the river that leads into Igbele.Initially, people could not identify the person because her face had several cuts. She was wearing a lace gown, with no underwears.”

It was gathered that Yakubu was seen at the scene of the incident several times as residents tried to identify the corpse on Saturday.
According to reports, the deceased’s husband, who was arrested on Sunday, confessed to killing his wife on Friday night because a prophet told him she was using his star.He purportedly dumped the corpse in the river at night, after his attempts to take her far away failed because his bus developed fault. A neighbour, Iya Korede, who lives near the victim’s shop, noted that Silifat was jovial, hardworking and troubled no one.

“Most of the people in the area do not know her husband because he goes early to work and comes back late. But his wife is a very hard working woman. She built the house they live in.“As if that was not enough, she bought a commercial bus for him. What else does he want? If he was tired of the marriage, he should have driven her away instead of killing her.“The world is truly a wicked place. How can a man kill his own wife? The same woman who bore him three male children, for goodness sake? It is only God that will save us.”