Police Arrest Husband For Killing Newlywed Wife In Edo

• Police have arrested a man for killing his wife.

• The case of domestic violence was recorded to have happened following the newlyweds wedding ceremony.

• Photos making rounds online shows the lifeless body of the deceased being evacuated.

Men of the Edo state police command have arrested a man for the murder of his wife.

The suspect is said to have killed his newlywed Wife.

Daily Report Nigeria gathers that the suspect, identified as Kelvin Izekor, allegedly killed his wife, Success Izekor.

This happened in upper Mission Extension in Benin City on Saturday, February 22, 2025.

Confirming the incident, an eyewitness who pleaded anonymity said the duo were newlyweds, and wife was found with severe matchet injury.

“I can’t believe what I saw. Imagine being k!lled by your own husband. They were newlyweds, and nobody would have expected the woman to suffer such a fate,” the witness said.

Confirming the incident to newsmen during a statement on Sunday, the spokesperson of the command, Moses Yamu said the the police had to save, and arrest the man before he was lynched to death by an angry mob.

“On 22/02/2025, at about 22:00hrs, information was received that one Kelvin Izekor of No. 50 Upper Mission Extension, Benin City, had killed his wife, Success Izekor, aged 38, and was about to be lynched by an irate mob,”

A video making rounds online shows the moment the deceased was evacuated from their house, with the severe matchet cut on her head.

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