Mother of four, identified as lya Nifemi, has narrated why her husband, Awelewa, attempted to slaughter her at Powerline, Ijoka area in Akure South Council area of Ondo State, while asleep.
The incident happened around the Powerline area of Akure, in Akure South Local Government Area of the state.
Awelewa, according to sources, made an attempt to slaughter his wife by inflicting a deep cut on her neck in the midnight, while asleep.
” But the wife was rescued by his neighbours.
Awelewa was said to have fled the house for day after the incident only to surface when family members intervened.
The victim, narrated her ordeal after friends and the father inlaw intervened in the crisis in their marriage.
A mild drama, also took place at the meeting to resolve the differences between the couple, as the victim, reportedly jumped inside a well.
He was said to have attempted suicide because he taught the father inlaw had reported his attempt to slaughter his wife to the police and set a trap for his arrest at the meeting.
Narrating her ordeal, the wife, said that” my husband tried to kill me at the midnight because I refused to borrow him more money after he failed to pay the one he had collected.
“He nearly slaughtered me when I refused to give him more money after I asked him to pay the previous debt of about N200,000 and the one he is also owing our neighbours.
“I spent four days in the hospital for treatment.
The husband was, however, taken to an undisclosed hospital, while his father-in-law insisted that he should be arrested and reported the incident at the police station.
