Man Butchers Wife Over Infidelity In Delta

A man who killed his wife over claims of promiscuity has been arrested by the police in Delta State.

Michael Akpore of Urhiephron, Ughelli South Local Government Area was said to have killed his 32-year-old wife, Julie Akpore for allegedly having extra-marital affairs.

Police Public Relations Officer, Delta Command, Mrs Celestina Kalu, in a statement said that the suspect reported himself to the
Jeremi Police Division last Thursday, days after luring his wife to the bush along Iwhrekan/Ekakpamren Road, where he allegedly butchered her.

According to Kalu, the suspect claimed he “killed the wife because she confessed that she was having extra marital affairs. He was promptly arrested, the crime scene visited and corpse of the woman recovered and deposited at the Jeremi Hospital Mortuary for autopsy.”