Woman allegedly stabs husband to death eight months after wedding
A woman identified as Innocent Serah has allegedly stabbed her husband, Innocent Nwaọjị, to death in Umuokereke-Ngwa, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State.
Sources said that the couple had an argument in their apartment last Friday.
A neighbour, who pleaded anonymity, said he was alerted to the incident at about 10.00pm on Sunday.
“I was alerted that Sarah had stabbed her husband,” the neighbour said.
Sources said the couple got married in December 2025 and had yet to have a child.
Friends and associates of the deceased reportedly described him as an easy-going person, expressing shock over the incident and wondering what could have led to the altercation.
“The couple only wedded last December. The marriage was yet to produce a child. Innocent was an easy-going person.
“What we heard was that the couple had a disagreement last Friday and his wife allegedly stabbed him to death at about 10pm on Sunday,” one of the residents said.
The deceased’s body has been deposited at an undisclosed mortuary in Aba, while the suspect is said to be in police custody.
When contacted, the spokesperson for the Police Command in Abia State, DSP Maureen Chinaka, said, “I will get back to you.”
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