Bayelsa Police Arrest Housewife For Husband’s Death
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by Our Correspondent
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a housewife, identified as Mrs. Eniye Zuokemefa-Peter for alleged culpability in conspiring in the death of her husband.
The deceased, Mr. Enebraye Zuokemefa-Peter, who was lecturer at the Bayelsa State College of Education in Sagbama, was recently murdered by unknown gunmen in Yenagoa the Bayelsa State capital.
According to reports, the deceased was shot three times after transacting a business at a Point- of Sale (POS) outlet around the Ekeki areas of the state capitol.
It was gathered that the arrest of Mrs. Zuokemefa-Peter was based on petitions from family of the deceased and on complaints of previous threats to life over issues of infidelity.
A family source, who spoke anonymously, alleged that the accused wife had on several occasions threatened to kill her husband over allegations of having children outside their marriage due to her inability to bear him a child.
The source said: “The marriage is filled with the turbulent tide with the woman packing out of her matrimonial home on several occasions but they recently made up when he arrived Yenagoa from a study trip abroad.”
Sources aslo said the deceased lecturer had in the past come under armed attacks at his home by masked gunmen, and was said to have told family members and close friends to hold his wife responsible if anything happened to him.
The police are said to be on the trail of four persons suspected to have killed the lecturer and were last seen driving a red-tinted Toyota car.
Spokesman for the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the arrest but said she was arrested based on ‘previous threats’.
