Photo: How 32-Year -Old Housewife Killed Her Husband's Brother In Lagos

Lagos - The real motive this 35-year old woman, Mrs Obiageli Oriuwa, allegedly killed a medical doctor, Ikechukwu Oriuwa, who's her husband’s younger brother, has been revealed by the family of the victim.

Obiageli, who has been arrested and is undergoing interrogation at the State CID in Lagos, allegedly stabbed the 37-year old medical doctor to death at their family house at 52, Ladega Street, Ajegunle in Apapa, Lagos during an argument between the two of them on Tuesday. 

 Confessing on what led to the unfortunate incident, Obiageli claimed that she did not deliberately set out to kill her husband's brother, but only wanted him and his wife to pack out of her husband's family house...
A member of the victim’s family, Chinedu Oriuwa, alleged that it was not the first time Obiageli attempted to kill Ikechukwu. He said she had asked the doctor and his family to move out of the family house, claiming that the house belongs to her husband since he is the first son of the family.

Chinedu said though the matter was settled between them, Obiageli still continued to nurse animosity against everybody in the house, including their mother who has now travelled abroad.

Chinedu said that Obiageli’s husband, Edward, who is their elder brother, married her just two months after he had already married a lady known as Veronica. It was against the wish of the family and this always caused quarrel between Obiageli and other members of the family, including the late medical doctor.

On her part, Obiageli explained that she was always having disagreement with the late Ikechukwu because he did not want his elder brother to marry her.

When asked how she felt about his death, Obiageli said she is confused and that if she had known, she would not have married into the family.

According to PM News report, Ikechukwu woke up in the morning, went to a gym for exercise and came back to prepare for work. But on getting home, tenants complained to him that Obiageli switched on her electricity generator in her shop where she sells drinks, locked the shop and went away on Monday night.

They told him there were sparks from the generator around 2am and almost burnt the building before tenants put out the fire.

After the complaint that Tuesday morning, Ikechukwu went to Obiageli to advise her not to switch on her gen set in the shop and leave it as that could burn the house. Obiageli got angry and attempted to fight him that morning but the tenants separated them.

Obiageli later went to her room and brought a kitchen knife which she allegedly used to stab the victim on his left rib cage. She left the knife there and ran away. Ikechukwu was rushed to a clinic but he died on the way.

Obiageli is now begin for forgiveness, saying it is the devil's work.