The police on Tuesday arraigned a 23-year-old woman, Folashade ldoko, before an Ebute-Meta Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.Idoko was brought before the court on one count of murder. Punch Metro had reported that Folashade stabbed her husband, Lawrence Idoko, at Aiyetoro, in the Ijanikin area of the state after an argument ensued between them on August 20, 2017.
Folashade had reportedly accused 33-year-old Lawrence of engaging in extra-marital affairs, which led to the argument.
It was reported that the couple had two kids together, but their three-year relationship was fraught with violence.
The investigating police officer in charge of the case, Inspector Akpan Nseyo, told the court on Tuesday that he recovered, at the scene, a kitchen knife with which the suspect stabbed her husband.
“I also saw a towel soaked with blood on the floor. There were bloodstains from the inner room to the living room down to the entrance door,’’ he added.
The defendant, in her statement to the police, stated that she did not intend
