Controversy as Lagos wife allegedly kills husband with hot pressing iron

A woman simply identified as Motunrayo, has allegedly killed her husband, Alaba, aka Bama, in the Abule-Egba area of Lagos State.

The couple allegedly had an argument which escalated into a fight. Motunrayo was said to have inflicted burns on her Alabi’s chest with a hot pressing iron, which led to his death.

Alaba, who died on Monday, January 14, 2022, was said to be the owner of the Bama Hotel and Suites in the Abule Egba area.

The deceased and his wife, alongside their three children, had reportedly just returned from a vacation in Dubai.

However, there are currently two different accounts of what led to the fight between the couple and how Alabi died.

In a post on Facebook, a man called Kelly Hassino, claimed that Motunrayo found out her husband had impregnated another woman.

He wrote, “The wife of the owner of the popular Bama hotel and suites in Agbule Egba in Lagos state has killed him last night while sleeping for finding out he impregnated a Lady!

“Bama as he’s fondly called just returned from an expensive vacation in Dubai along with her and their three kids. They have been married for 8 years.

“Worse of all was the manner in which she killed him. She first of all drugged him and when he slept off and lost all his senses, she plugged a pressing iron to the hottest and burnt him on several parts of his body until he died.

“This is callous a disturbingly painful, a cold and calculated murder. Dear wives, stop killing your husbands over infidelity.”

However, a source told The Punch that during interrogation, Motunrayo claimed she had an argument with her husband because he refused to sack a worker, although she confessed to burning Alabi with an iron on his chest.

The source added, “After the attack on Sunday, she said her husband and her junior brother left the house to relax at a bar before returning home later in the day. When he returned, she said they gisted and went to sleep.

“She said she advised her husband to apply something on his chest, but he said she should not worry because it was a small thing and it would heal.

“She later said that they were having fun the following day when her husband suddenly started gasping for breath. They wore clothes and rushed him to a hospital where he died on that same day. She never said she drugged her husband.

“We also heard the story of her husband impregnating someone and it led to a quarrel between them. But investigation is still ongoing.”

The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the incident, adding that Motunrayo and three other suspects had been arrested in connection with the crime.

He said, “His body has been deposited in the Yaba Mainland Hospital’s morgue for an autopsy. The deceased’s wife and three others have been arrested in connection with the suspected murder case”.