Ibukun Solomon, son of a woman who allegedly killed her husband by hitting a pestle on his head, has narrated how she did it in his presence.
The woman, Taiyelolu Solomon, ran away after allegedly killing the husband, Felix Solomon.
The Ondo State Police Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the tragic incident, saying it had said it had begun a manhunt for the middle-aged woman.
Tayelolu was reported to have hit her 67-year-old husband with a pestle last Saturday at the Government Reserved Area of the community while he was asleep.
Prior to the incident, it was gathered that the couple had been having a lingering crisis.
The son of the deceased, Ibukun Solomon, who witnessed the incident confirmed that his mother allegedly hit the head of his father while he was sleeping and ran away, saying the couple had a misunderstanding some hours earlier.
“Earlier on the fateful day, a minor argument had ensued between them that resulted in a fight. After the fight, my father went to lie on the chair and my mother hit his head with the pestle.
“He became unconscious in the process and fell down from where he was sleeping. My mother used the pestle to hit my father’s head three times and he later died.
“I alerted some of the residents, who rushed my father to the hospital. But he later died. His corpse has been deposited at the morgue. My mother had three children for my father and I’m the last child.”
The state Police Public Relation Officer of the command, Mrs Funmilayo Odunlami, who confirmed the incident said, the command would soon arrest the suspect. She said the deceased was quickly rushed to the hospital where he gave up the ghost.
“The incident happened last week when the couple had a fight but the suspect is currently at large. We are already on her trail,” the PPRO stated.
