Husband Hanged Himself The Moment He Thought He Had Beaten His Wife To Death

A man in Ibadan, Oyo State took his life yesterday(Sunday) morning after he nearly killed his wife. He beat the wife with a sledge hammer until the wife fainted. Thinking the wife had died, he committed suicide. His wife was later rushed to the hospital and she survived. The Police department has confirmed the incident. The following statement was found on their site......

On 2nd August, 2015 at about 10:00am, Police at Ogbere Division, Ibadan received a report that one Ahmed Olanrewaju ‘m’ 41yrs had a domestic dispute with his 38yr-old wife (name withheld) at about 8:45am of same date. That the said husband allegedly hit his wife with a sledge hammer on the head which made the wife fell to the ground unconscious.The husband thinking he had beaten his wife to dead, mounted the ceiling of the family house and hanged himself with a rope to his neck and died at the scene.Neighbours rushed the wife to the hospital where she was revived, she is responding to treatment. Police detectives visited the scene to process same, recovered the man's corpse and deposited at the mortuary for autopsy.Investigations in progress to determine the circumstances leading to the incident.

The Police department has promised to update the populace on the situation.