By Latiifah Amusan
In a tragic incident that has sent shockwaves through the community, an 84-year-old man named Gabriel Uhuwa has been apprehended by the Edo State Police Command on charges of allegedly murdering his 75-year-old wife.
The arrest was confirmed on Wednesday, during a press conference in which the police paraded a total of 198 suspects apprehended for various offenses, including armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, murder, and cultism
According to Chidi Nwabuzor, the Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police Command, Uhuwa stands accused of killing his wife after she refused to engage in sexual activity with him.
It is reported that the elderly couple had been facing ongoing marital discord due to his wife’s purported refusal to engage in sexual relations whenever he requested.
Nwabuzor noted that Uhuwa exhibited no signs of remorse for his actions and seemed to believe that his drastic measure was the only solution to the marital problems he had been facing.
He said,
“My wife was not listening to me. Any time I asked her to come and sleep with me, she always declined. We have seven children together, five boys and two girls.”
“I reported the matter to my family and her family members but she failed to listen to them and continued her old ways and I was hearing information that pastors were sleeping with her
“Each time I demanded sex, either she would tell me she was sick or she had an ulcer, yet I was hearing a rumor that she was sleeping with other men and I don’t have money to carry prostitutes.”
After expressing his grievance, he revealed that his children not only withheld financial support but also ignored his calls, claiming that his late wife had influenced them against him by poisoning their opinions.
“So, on Saturday last week in the afternoon in the house, I picked up a cutlass and macheted her. I did it in anger because she was not obeying me and I want people to know of it,” he added.
Nevertheless, he expressed remorse for taking his wife’s life after carrying out the act.
