Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory have arrested one Wisdom Joseph for allegedly strangling his wife, Evelyn Alifiya, to death.Evelyn was said to have been leaving in fear following threats she has been getting from her husband.The issues become worse when she found a gun in Joseph’s possession on February 23.The deceased was said to have planned to report him to the police before she was murdered.The police found her lifeless body on the floor when they broke into the apartment.A Facebook user, Chukwudi Aluge, who shared the story online, said the family of the deceased was making arrangements for her to leave the apartment she and the suspect lived in before tragedy struck.Aluge said, “Evelyn Alifiya has been responsible for her husband’s upkeep ever since he moved in with her after their marriage because he didn’t have a job. However, the marriage went sour and he started threatening to kill her.“Evelyn informed her family about the threats and arrangements were being made for her to move out when she came across a gun in his bag. She informed her sister and they both planned on reporting him to the police but he found out about it and murdered her. Evelyn’s sister, who reported the matter to the police, said after killing her, Joseph called their father on the phone and asked him to go and pick up her corpse.”However, the FCT Police Spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, who confirmed the incident, denied that the police demanded money to prosecute the case.She said, “The incident is true and we were able to nab the man and he is in our custody. The rumours making the round that our policemen were demanding money to investigate the matter are not true,”
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