Edo CP Chris Ezike

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin.

A Benin-based native doctor simply identified as Owe, has been stabbed to death by a woman during a brawl.

The 44-year-old victim Owe, was allegedly stabbed in the chest last Friday at his residence located somewhere opposite Use Market Road Junction, Upper Siluko Road, Benin.

The suspected attacker, who is now in police custody, is said to be a friend of the victim’s second wife.

Trouble began on the fateful day when the deceased who returned from the house of his third wife where he spent the night, did not meet the second wife at home, but was informed that the woman was away to Lagos Street, in Benin for shopping.

When the woman returned from the market, the native doctor was said to have been enraged at his wife, locked the main door to her apartment, and fought with the woman.

It was further gathered that all efforts made by other occupants of the house to make peace between the warring couple proved unsuccessful.

Irked by the deceased’s action, the embattled lady allegedly ran to the kitchen, picked a knife and stabbed the native doctor to death.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Stephen Onwochei, who confirmed the incident, disclosed that the attacker turned herself to the police after the dastardly act. He said full scale investigation has commenced.