. A farmer, Friday Omosigho, has committed suicide after attacking his wife with a machete on the farm and leaving her in a pool of blood in Benin City, Edo State . A source said the incident happened at Ehiozevbaru Village in the Uhunmwode Local Government Area of the state. The deceased was said to have accused his wife, Mercy Omosigho, of infidelity . The source said, “ The deceased took the matter to the village meeting where some elders intervened to resolve the issue. “Apparently unsatisfied with the elders’ verdict, he attacked his wife with a machete on the farm and abandoned her in the pool of blood to die. “He then called his younger brother that he had killed his wife and went home to commit suicide by drinking sniper .” The Edo State Police Command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed the incident, said the man drank a substance suspected to be the insecticide, ‘sniper.’ He said the Divisional Police Officer of Egba Police Division received a call from one Mo...
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