47-year-old Man Stabs Wife To Death In Edo Over Missing Passbook, Land Document

Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old farmer, Mr. Godwin Idon, for allegedly killing his 40-year-old wife of 14 years, Maris, over the sudden disappearance of his bank passbook and a land document intheir apartment. Parading Idon and 40 other suspects before journalists in Benin, Edo State police commissioner, Foluso Adebanjo, said the sad incident occurred on July 26, at Uzeba community in Owan West Local Government Area of the state. According to him, the suspect hadaccused his wife of stealing the land document and the bank particulars, an allegation the woman allegedly denied to the chagrin of Idon, who allegedly pounced on his wife, reached out for a knife and stab her to death. Among other suspects paraded were three men said to be the kidnappers of the three female teachers in Ekemwan community,Ovia North East Local Governmentarea of the State. The teachers, Mrs. Patience Osadolor, Momodu Aisha and Patience Oroghene who were abducted at gunpoint in Orhogbua Primary School, Ekenwan village, during school hours, were released by their abductors after 14 days in captivity and the payment of N5 million ransom. The police commissioner also disclosed that about a hundredsuspected criminals have been arrested in the State within the last two months. "People ask; what is the police doing? We are doing a lot quietly,because we would not want to jeopardize the lives of kidnap victims," Adebanjo said.