Ex-police officer attempts to kill wife in Akure

The man , who was said to have come into the residence of the woman with two other men, macheted her estranged wife severally and inflicted about 10 deep cuts on her head.The couple who have been united for more than ten years are native of Ogotun-Ekiti in Ekiti State.While narrating her ordeal to reporters on her hospital bed, Moyosola, 36 said the man, who is now operating a commercial motorcycle, popularly called
okada had abandoned the house for another woman since November 2012.

She said, the man who was accompanied by two other men invaded her apartment in a six room apartment and broke the door to the room with pestle.

Moyosola said immediately the man forced the door opened, he attacked her with a machete while one of the men that came with him manned the door to prevent her from escaping.

She said she lost so much blood to the attack because several cuts were inflicted on her head and neck.

She added that after the attack, she attempted to run for her dear life, yet, the husband pursued her before some okada operators came to her assistance

Moyosola explained that her estranged husband had abandoned her and that the man had taken three of her four children to another woman and left her with their only female child.

The state Police Public Relations Officer,PPRO, Wole Ogodo, confirmed the incident, saying the men of the command were on the trail of the man.

He said, efforts would be made to arrest the attacker, ensuring that he would made to face the wrath of the law, adding that Moyosore was responding to treatment.