By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

A man who stabbed his wife multiple times Friday night in Mgbakwu Community, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has died after taking a poisonous chemical.

Reports have it that the deceased whose name was given as Ozoekwe Ezeudu had called some friends and told them that he would kill himself and his wife.

Narrating the story, an eye witness who spoke on condition of anonymity said that the deceased had told him that he will kill his wife and himself but declined to explain the reason for the decision.

The witness said he later reached out to the wife about the situation, but she took it lightly, saying that her husband was never serious.

He added: “Around 10 o’clock in the evening on Friday, the husband used a knife and stabbed her on the neck and two more on the waist before the children who were sleeping downstairs rushed to separate them.

“Shortly after, thinking that the woman had died, he locked himself inside the room and took a sniper.

“The deceased, Ozoekwe Ezeudu, was a traditionalist from Akamanato village, Mgbakwu.

“He had 8 children with the woman before he recently married a second wife.”

The situation however took the neighbours by surprise as they besieged the compound in confusion.

As at the time of filling this report, the wife who was rushed to a hospital is still receiving medical attention.