An octogenarian, Gabriel Ahuwa, has reportedly killed his wife for refusing to have sex with him, adding that he could not afford to pay for the services of a prostitute.
The 84-year-old man claimed that he suspected that his 75-year-old wife was having an extra-marital relationship which prompted her not to have sex with him.
He was paraded alongside 198 others by the Edo State Police Command spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor.
The suspects were arrested for various offences ranging from alleged armed robbery, kidnapping, unlawful possession of firearms, murder, cultism and others, according to PMNews.
The father of seven, while fielding questions from the press explained that his wife has refused to have sex with him for a long time.
He said that he reported the matter to his children, adding that one of her daughters came to talk to his wife but she didn’t listen.
“My wife is not listening to me, anytime I asked her to come and sleep with me she always declines. We have seven children together, five boys and two girls.
“I reported the matter to my family and her family, but she failed to listen to them and continue her old ways, and I was hearing information that pastors were sleeping with her.
“Each time I demanded for sex, either she would tell me she is sick or she has an ulcer, yet I am hearing a rumour that she is sleeping with other men and I don’t have money to carry prostitutes.”
He alleged that his wife has poisoned the mind of his children which has made them not to send him money nor even take his calls.
He explained further: “So on Saturday last week in the afternoon, in the house, I picked up a cutlass and [cut] her all over her body. I did it in anger because she is not obeying me and I want people to know of it.
He, however, regretted his action even as one of his sons who pleaded anonymity debunked the allegation of abandoning their father, adding that they sent money to him five days ago.
