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Man Beats Wife To Death With Pestle In Bayelsa
He was apprehended after a failed attempt to take his own life by drinking Sniper to evade arrest.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Mar 10, 2021
Police in Bayelsa State have arrested and paraded a 56-year-old man, Christopher Chiabata, from Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state for beating his wife to death with a pestle.
He was apprehended after a failed attempt to take his own life by drinking Sniper to evade arrest. The suspect, on February 28, 2021, at about 0200hrs hit his wife with a pestle on her head over a domestic argument at Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local Government Area of the state, said Bayelsa police commissioner Mike Okoli on Tuesday when the suspect was paraded.
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A 56-year-old man, Mr. Christopher Chiabata, on Tuesday confessed to Police in Bayelsa State that he killed his 41-year-old wife in self-defence during a fight over money in their home at Onuebum Community in Ogbia Local Government Area.
According to the police report, Chiabata struck his wife with a pestle during the fight and after realizing that he has committed murder, he took Sniper to commit suicide before neighbours resuscitated and handed him over to Police.
Speaking to newsmen while being paraded by the police, Chiabata further explained that he has been married to his wife for 30 years with five children but they have been fighting frequently because she had the habit of denying him access to monies they jointly generated from their farming business.