Stakeholders link increase in spousal killings to domestic violence

<p>Some stakeholders have identified domestic violence as a major factor responsible for the rise in spousal, lover killings in the country.</p>, <span>Domestic Violence</span>, <p>The stakeholders made their feelings known in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos State.</p>, <p>They said that the female gender such as wives or girlfriends were mostly at the receiving end of this domestic violence</p>, <p>NAN reports that in the past few weeks, there had been reported cases of couples killing each other .</p>, <p>For instance, the case of a nursing mother, Mrs Damilola Opeyemi, who allegedly stabbed her husband, Oluwashina, to death during a fight over noodles dinner on July 4, 2023 in Ibadan.</p>, <p>Another incident was that of a man simply identified as Inuaghata, who allegedly killed his pregnant wife, Osaretin, 23, by using a knife to slit her throat. He had gone into hiding since the incident happened on May 24 in Edo.</p>, <p>Also, on July 5, a housewife, 21, Mrs Maimunatu Sulaiman, allegedly stabbed her husband, Aliyu, to death during an altercation that ensued between them in their residence in Bauchi State.</p>, <p>Similarly, a 56-year-old man, Aminu Abakubar, allegedly killed his wife, Nana Fadimatu, by hitting her head with a hard object following a little disagreement on May 5 in Adamawa,</p>, <p>On July 12, a 21-year-old student, Augusta Onuwabuagbe, was killed by her boyfriend, Benjamin Best, 26, in his apartment in the Ajah area of Lagos State, the suspect is currently on the run.</p>, <p>Another similar incident happened on July 18, where a 54-year- old man, Nkeruewen Etuk, beat his lover, Miss Esther Ndereke, 34, to death for allegedly burning his rice in Calabar.</p>, <p>According to the CLEEN Foundation, one in every three respondents admitted to being a victim of domestic violence.</p>, <p>Speaking on the issue, a legal practitioner, Isaiah Ode, says that killing of partners begins with a disagreement which leads to domestic violence.</p>, <p>”Most women that w