UPDATE! Husband Who Allegedly Killed His Wife for Ritual is ‘Mentally Unstable’

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49yrs old Jafaru Sogei, who allegedly killed Rose, his wife of 26 years, last Friday, may be “mentally unstable”, the police has said.

Acting spokesman of Lagos Command Chukwuma Ozoani, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), said there was possibility that the suspect is mentally unstable because he can barely speak for now.

Ozoani said: “We are carrying out various tests on him. There is the possibility that he might be mentally unstable. He might have psychiatric problem. He is in police hospital; we are checking his mental health. It is an all inclusive thing. He cannot stand on his own nor speak what we understand.

“He only looks and murmurs and so we are going the extra mile to look at the issues and observe him.”

Sogei was said to have ingested a poisonous chemical after allegedly slashing his wife’s throat and was found vomiting in the bathroom at about 4am.

Their son Richard found his mum's body when he went into the room to tell her that his father may be sick.

Neighbours held Sogei, who was subsequently arrested by policemen from Akinpelu division and transferred to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) at Panti, Yaba.

The police rushed him to the hospital when his condition became critical.

The police initially thought the suspect was on drugs, but later discovered that he might have ingested poison as his health was deteriorating.

“He was rushed to the hospital and has been there since then. There is a possibility he is mentally unstable. Our psychiatric doctors are checking him. He is not in a good state at all. He took poison. He is not well so we are treating him at the police hospital.

“You cannot investigate someone who is at the point of death. But once he recovers, we would begin investigation into the case,” said a source.

It was gathered that Abiodun Odude, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in charge of the SCIID spent several hours in the hospital on Saturday and Sunday.

Before the incident, the husband, who is said to be jobless, had reportedly assaulted his wife and mother of his five children on some occasions for allegedly having an adulterous affair.

According to Richard, their father started acting strangely after allegedly killing their mum.

“The landlord of our former house on Michael Street sent us out because dad always quarrelled with mum. We were also sent away from Banjoko Street for the same reason," the son revealed.