A 22-year-old woman, Iyanu Adedeji, has reportedly stabbed her husband, Azeez Funsho Jimoh, to death following a domestic dispute in the Gbonogun area of Abeokuta, Ogun State.
According to The PUNCH, sources said the couple, married for eight years and parents to two children, had an argument after the husband accused his wife of infidelity.
The disagreement escalated into a physical altercation, during which Iyanu allegedly stabbed Funsho in the chest with a kitchen knife.
A security source who spoke on the incident revealed, “During the scuffle, she used a domestic knife to inflict a fatal injury on her husband’s chest.
She later rushed him to the Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, where he was confirmed dead by medical personnel.”
The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident in a statement, saying that Iyanu turned herself in to the police and narrated the sequence of events.
According to Odutola, Iyanu had reported herself to the Divisional Police Station in the area after the incident.
The PPRO noted that the suspect narrated that she took her husband to the hospital after realising that he was bleeding from the injury she had inflicted on him.
Odutola said, “On December 30, 2024, at about 12:15 PM, one Iyann Adedeji, a 22-year-old female residing at No. 3 Ifelodun Street, Unity Estate, Gbonagun, reported to the police station with a vehicle containing the body of her husband, Azeez Funsho Jimoh, a 28-year-old male who also lived at the same address.
“According to her, the deceased was her husband of eight years, with two children, one of whom is deceased.
“She stated that the deceased accused her of having an extramarital affair, leading to a physical altercation between them that morning. During the scuffle, the suspect allegedly inflicted a wound on the deceased’s chest with a domestic knife.”
The PPRO continued that the suspect had narrated that doctors on duty at the hospital confirmed him dead.
She narrated that the suspect was taken into custody and a preliminary investigation had commenced. police operatives.
“Afterward, she rushed him to the Federal Medical Centre in Idi Aba, where medical professionals pronounced him dead.
“The suspect is currently in custody. Detectives visited the scene of the incident and recovered the knife.
“A preliminary investigation is underway, and the case will soon be handed over to the SCID for a more thorough investigation,” Odutola stated.
She concluded that because of the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, PhD, urged couples to avoid heated arguments and instead seek peaceful ways to resolve conflicts in their relationships.
