A labourer, Sunday Emmanuel, has allegedly macheted his wife simply identified as Linda to death at Idanre Local Government Area of Ondo State.
According to a police report, Emmanuel, who resides at Ogbeni Camp in the Ofosu area of Idanre, also allegedly hacked his 3-year-old son on the head with the intent to kill him.
The toddler, identified as Sunday, was said to have sustained a life-threatening injury.
It was learnt that the suspect, who has been remanded in the facility of the Nigerian Correctional Service, had a dispute with his wife over how to spend their annual wages.
The suspect was consequently arraigned by the police before a magistrates’ court in the state.
Police prosecutor, Josephine Awanna, told the court that Emmanuel committed two-count charge of murder and attempted murder.
The charge read, “That you, Sunday Emmanuel, on October 7, 2004, at about 5:30am at Ogbeni Camp via Ofosu, in the Ondo Magistraterial District, did unlawfully kill one Linda Emmanuel, 35, by macheting her on the neck and cheek.
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