IAnele and his late wife, Chikodi, were residents of Obiniezena in Owerri North Local Government Area.
He said: “When she insulted me over N100, I got angry and slapped her. But she immediately retaliated. I was shocked by her effrontery. I slapped her a second time. She fell down and fainted.”
While answering a question, the suspect who had since become very sober, said that he loved his wife and had no intention of killing her.
He said: “I love my wife. I had no intention to kill her. It was a little misunderstanding and annoyance that prompted me to slap her and she died.”
The Coordinator-General of the group, Dr. Joyce Soroibe, lamented what she called “the increasing rate of domestic violence in Nigeria.”
According to her, “if the perpetrators of domestic violence are adequately punished, others who are in the habit of beating their wives will definitely learn a lesson or two. However, if nothing is done to punish a perpetrator, more women may be slapped to death in the state.”
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