Man stabs friend to death for allegedly befriending wife

ABEOKUTA — A middle-aged man identified as Wasiu
Yusuf has been arrested by the Ogun State Police
Command for allegedly stabbing his bosom friend,
Adeolu Olatoye, to death for having clandestine
relationship with his wife.
Vanguard gathered that the incident which occurred
at Oke-Efon area of Abeokuta, Saturday night, was
reportedly carried out by the suspect and one
accomplice identified as Mukaila, said to be on the
run as at the time of this report.
It was further gathered that the suspect lost his
temperament when he reportedly caught his 32 -
year-old friend with his wife on the day of the
incident on his matrimonial bed.
The suspect, according to the findings, laid siege for
the victim who reportedly came to his house, and in
the ensuing scuffle,the victim erroneously stabbed
himself.
But another version of the story had it that, the
victim had gone to his friend's house to drop an
invitation card of his mother's 80th birthday
scheduled for Saturday when the friend attacked
him with bottles.
Adeolu, a graphic artist, met his death barely two
weeks after he held the naming ceremony of his
child.
His remains had been deposited at the State
Hospital Mortuary at Ijaiye, Abeokuta, as police await
the autopsy report.
Contacted, Ogun State Police Command Public
Relations, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident
and arrest of the suspect, adding that investigation
was ongoing.
Speaking, the deceased's elder brother, Akinyemi
Olatoye, said he was shocked over the development,
explaining that his late brother had gone there to
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