A mother-of-three, Mrs Tayelolu Solomon, has reportedly killed her 65-year-old husband, Felix Solomon, with a pestle in Ondo State.

According to the state-owned newspaper, the incident occurred at GRA in Ondo town at the weekend.  It was gathered that the couple had been having a lingering crisis and the woman had threatened to kill him.

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The son of the deceased, Ibukun Solomon who witnessed the incident, said his mother killed his father in his sleep after a minor argument. “My mother killed my father with a pestle in my presence and took to her heels. She used the pestle to hit his head when he was asleep,” he narrated.

“Earlier on the fateful day, a minor argument had ensued between them that resulted in a fight. After the fight, my father went to lie on the chair and my mother hit his head with the pestle. He became unconscious in the process and fell down from where he was sleeping.