A man has ingested a poisonous substance after strangling his wife in Suleja, Niger state..
Mr Adeniyi Jose, from Akure, Ondo State, strangled his wife-of-eight years, Chidinma Gloria Ibeh, from Imo state, with a rope and also suffocated her with a pillow.
Afterwards, he consumed a poisonous substance said to be sniper.
He was rushed to Suleja General Hospital where he has reportedly died.
An insider told LIB that Mr Adeniyi Jose’s suspicion that his wife was unfaithful was baseless.
“Gloria never cheated on her husband. People should stop saying what they don’t know,” the source said.
They added that Mr Adeniyi has always been a jealous husband and picked fights with his wife whenever he saw her talking to any man.
Jose reportedly committed the dastardly act in Suleja, Niger State on Monday, August 8, 2022.
He reportedly wrapped a rope around the wife’s neck and face and used it to strangle her. After killing her, he consumed a poisonous substance.
The unconscious bodies of the couple were found by the wife’s sister, Brenda Ibeh, who visited the couple and didn’t get an answer when she knocked.
She peeped through the kitchen window and found her sister’s body with bruises all over, a pillow on her face, and a rope circling her body.
She invited the police and when they gained entrance into the house, they found Chioma had died.
A source said the husband was a jealous man and frequently fought his wife if he suspected she was getting undue attention from men. He reportedly disliked seeing her talking with or discussing with any man.
The couple have been married since 2014 and have a son together.
According to the sister of the deceased, it was not the first attempt on Brenda’s life by her husband.
Brenda said Jose had no job and her sister was the breadwinner.
She said: “He is jobless while my sister is the one feeding him and taking care of their 9-year-old child. My Sister works at the registers department of the General Hospital, Suleja Niger State.”
Brenda added: “Adeniyi first attempted to kill my sister in the first week of April when my sister returned from fixing our dad’s house in the village. My dad was with Road Safety and his pension money was used to fix his house.
“We agreed that she should play that role because she was a graduate. He called her and disturbed her so much that she had to run back and when she did, that same night, he almost killed her with a sharp knives he had bought and drank SNIPER.
“The case was reported to the police at Suleja and nothing was done about it”.
