Husband shoots wife to Dead in Enugu

Tragedy struck Umuida, Enugu-Ezike in Igboeze North local government area of Enugu State as one Matthias Nweze allegedly shot his wife dead.
Enugu State Police Command said on Monday that they had commenced investigation into the strange incident, which occurred at about 11pm last Saturday.
It was learnt that the suspect, that otherwise known as “Honourable”, alleged that while he was sleeping in his house that fateful night, his generator went off twice without knowing the cause.
Having woken up suddenly, he suspected that some thieves may have invaded his compound and as a result, brought out his pump action gun and pointed it towards the direction of the generator.
Without wasting time, he allegedly fired several shots apparently to scare the alleged invaders but unknown to him, his wife was around the place.
He only realized that he had shot his wife when she screamed saying that the bullet had hit her. The woman fell down, bled profusely before sympathizers rushed to the scene.
It was gathered that she was later rushed to New Testament Hospital Ogrute, Igboeze North council headquarter where doctors confirmed her dead.
Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the incident, said the corpse of the deceased had been deposited at the mortuary for autopsy. “We have commenced investigation into the incident that led to the shooting of a housewife by the husband,” he added.

Source: Daily post