A 45-year-old husband has beaten his wife to death for reportedly refusing to give a N2,000 loan.
An indigene of Delta state simply identified as Christopher, is described by his 13-year eldest child as a chain smoker and drunk.
According to the son, Christopher (his father), who works for a waste disposal company in Benin, wanted to escape from the apartment after killing his mother but was apprehended and handed over to the police.
“My father was always beating me mother, a fashion items’ dealer, at the slightest provocation. My father called our mother on phone to demand N2,000 loan and started beating her when she could not give him the money as quickly as he wanted.
“I tried to give my mother paracetamol and water after the initial beating but my father threw them away.
“She then went to take her bath after which she lied down outside to rest a little before coming inside to sleep but my father locked us inside the room and resumed beating of my weak mother outside.
“Neighbours later helped us (the three children) to open the door, only to see our dead mother on the ground. She was then rushed to two different hospitals in the neighbourhood where she was confirmed dead,” the son said.
The spokesperson of Edo Police Command, SP Bello Kotongs said the suspect had been detained at the Textile Mill Police Station, Benin.
“The man (Christopher) asked his wife to loan him some money (N2,000) out of the money she made at a burial she earlier attended on Saturday. When she refused, he then beat her to death.”
Kontongs said the timely arrival of policemen at the scene saved the alleged killer husband from being mobbed by angry youths in the area.
