Adibe Emenyonu in Benin-city
A 45-year-old man simply identified as Mr. Christopher last Saturday night allegedly beat his wife to death over the sum of N2,000.
The incident, it was gathered, happened at 1 Agbontaen Street, beside Ebvareke Secondary School in Uselu, Benin-city.
The man was said to have pounced on his wife, Mrs. Isoken Christopher, following her failure to give him the N2,000 loan he requested from her.
The eldest child of the deceased woman, Augustine, noted that his mother was hale and hearty before the sad incident.
The 13-year-old Augustine explained that his father, who is a menial worker with a waste manager firm in Benin-city, always beat his mother at the slightest provocation.