Police in Osun State have provided the circumstances behind the stabbing to death of a Bishop by a jealous husband in Osogbo, the capital.
Both the suspected killer and his estranged wife had been arrested, police said.
They said the Bishop, Dr. Sina Olaribigbe, of Rapture Empowerment International Church in Osogbo, was reclining on the bed of the lady when the woman’s husband entered and stabbed him to death.
Reportedly, the victim used to be the couple’s counsellor and he would visit the husband and wife to settle fights.
Vanguard reports that the jealous husband and his wife had a long misunderstanding which the deceased was trying to settle between them, but had not succeeded.
According to residents of the area, the deceased visited the wife, who lived in a different apartment located around the BCGA area behind Olorunda Local Government in Osogbo, the state capital.
The husband who has been suspecting the cleric of having an affair with his wife, trailed him to the house and attacked him, stabbing him multiple times in the chest.
A member of the Church, Isaac Oyeleye on his Facebook page on Thursday, confirmed that the Bishop was stabbed to deathdescribing his death as unfortunate.
Confirming the incident, the Osun Police Command spokesperson, CSP Yemisi Opalola said that the suspect and the estranged wife had been arrested.
She said the couple was not living together and the deceased Bishop was an arbitrator trying to settle the dispute between the couple.
Opalola narrated: “They are a couple but not living together. They are not separated by law yet.
“The Bishop (deceased) used to settle the fight between the couple. We were told the Pastor was at the wife’s place today when the estranged husband got there.
“We were also told the husband stabbed the Pastor. We were also told the deceased was on the wife’s bed when the incident happened. The husband stabbed him several times and he died.”
