Jealous husband stabs Bishop to death over alleged affair with wife

Jealous husband stabs Bishop to death over alleged affair with wife

A jealous husband has reportedly stabbed to death a Bishop of Osogbo Rapture Empowerment International, Dr Sina Olaribigbe, for allegedly having an affair with his wife.

It was gathered that the jealous husband and his wife had a misunderstanding which the deceased was trying to settle for them, but had not succeeded.

The deceased was said to have visited the wife, who lived separately from the husband, in early hours of Thursday. But the husband got the hint and quickly trailed the Bishop to the house.

Findings revealed that on getting to the house, located around BCGA area behind Olorunda Local Government Secretariat in Osogbo, Osun State capital, the jealous husband who had been getting hints of the Bishop’s affair with his wife, descended on him and stabbed him several times in the chest.

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A member of the church, Isaac Oyeleye, confirmed on his Facebook page on Thursday that the Bishop was stabbed to death, describing his death as unfortunate.

Osun Police Command’s spokesperson, CSP Yemisi Opalola, also confirmed the incident, adding that the suspect and the estranged wife had been arrested.

She said the couple were not living together and the deceased Bishop was an arbitrator, trying to settle the dispute between the couple.

She said, “They are couple but not living together. They are not separated by law yet. The Bishop (deceased) used to settle fight between the couple. We were told the pastor was at the wife’s place today when the enstranged 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 severally and he died.”

Jealous husband stabs Bishop to death over alleged affair with wife