Jealous woman forks lover to death over another woman

A jealous woman, who could not stand the sight of her lover with another woman, has allegedly stabbed her man to death with a fork.

The suspect, Labake Olowookere, the Nigerian Punch website reported, had visited the home of Seun Komolafe, around 8 p.m. on Monday, to pick her liquefied petroleum gas cylinder when shet met another woman in the house.

Angered by the sight of another woman in her lover’s home, she picked a quarrel with Komolafe and the other woman who was not named.

In the ensuing melee, Olowookere picked up a fork and stabbed Komolafe in the stomach. He died on the spot.

The incident happened at the Oke Opo area of Ilesha in Osun State in Nigeria.

Police

The acting Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mustafa Katayeyanjue, confirmed the incident and stated that the Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige, had ordered an investigation into the matter.

Mustafa Katayeyanjue, the acting Police Public Relations Officer of the state, confirmed the incident adding that investigations has commenced into the gruesome incident.

“Around 10.30 pm on Monday, one Adeyemi Ojo of Araromi Street reported to the police that one Labake Olowookere of Ido Ijesha, a lover of Seun Komolafe of the Okeopo area of Ilesha, stabbed Seun in the stomach with a fork and killed him on the spot.

“From preliminary findings, Labake went to the residence of his lover to pick her cooking gas. On getting to the house, she met another woman there and a fight ensued.

“It was during the fight that she reportedly took a fork and, stabbed Seun in the stomach. He died on the spot.

The corpse of the deceased has been deposited in the Wesley Guild Hospital morgue in Ilesha,” the Police PRO was quoted as saying.