Man Stabs Wife To Death For Infecting Him With HIV

Photo Credit: Punch / Katongu tried killing himself after stabbing wife to death

A man identified as Phillip Katongu has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death and claimed he took her life for infecting him with HIV.

According to Punch, the victim, Justina, who did not have any child for Katongu, was stabbed in about three places before she died in their residence at Oniru Estate, Maroko, Lagos.

Katongu revealed that he had a wife in Nasarawa before marrying Justina and after allegedly stabbing his wife to death, he also tried to kill himself with the same knife when neighbours broke in and rushed him to the hospital where he was revived.

“I married Justina, my second wife in December 2010. I later learnt that she had given birth to two girls for a man. The girls died of AIDS," said the suspect

“However, when we first met, she did not tell me all these. I explained to her that I have a wife with children and I wanted to marry her too. Before marriage, I told her we should go to hospital to conduct HIV test, but she refused and said that she was HIV negative. So we started sleeping together.”

According to Katongu, his wife had been traveling to Abuja for medical reasons without letting him know she was going there for routine treatment until March 2013 when she decided to tell him the secret by taking him along to the hospital.

“I was angry and told the doctor who equally blamed her for not disclosing it to me. The doctor then tested me, and I was positive. We came back to Lagos and continued with the relationship because I loved her. But suddenly, she told me she wanted to pack out from my house that she was no longer interested in marrying me having had another person in Abuja. In fact, the man usually called her on phone while we were together.

“I told her that with her status, she should not go and be infecting people with the virus. And that I will kill her and kill myself. We started fighting and I stabbed her. It was in the early hours. I stabbed her three times with a knife. She shouted and people were knocking at our door.

“After she died, I stabbed myself, and the people broke the door open. I woke up to find myself in a hospital. I feel very bad that I killed my wife. I loved her very much.”

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