Woman Kills Husband then Sets him ON Fire

Esther Peter

This woman, by name Esther Peter on Tuesday April 16th supposedly slain her husband, Kenneth Peter Anayo, then set his body ablaze at their home at NEPA Phase I street, Ijagemo, around the Ikotun area of Lagos. Neighbours said the two was habitually battling in public and in fact there was a grave fight between them a few days before the Tuesday occurrence, where Esther stabbed her husband with a broken bottle and he had to be treated at the hospital. Neighbours said they observed that Esther and Peter's room was on fire around 2am that Tuesday morning and when they went there to help, they observed that the room was locked from the outside. They managed to shatter down the door, and that was when they saw the scorched remains of Kenneth. Esther and her child were nowhere to be discovered.

Esther was later found around the area with her possessions in a bag endeavouring to get away. Neighbours handed her over to the police from the Isheri-Oshun division, who later came to eliminate Kenneth's continues. Esther, who is from traverse River notified policeman that the fire was caused by the candle lit in their room while she went to convey water but couldn't interpret why the doorway was locked from the outside and why she had all belongings in a bag. Police state they have every cause to believe Kenneth was slain before being scorched.

The case is being handled by the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos.